Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Vedder Price P.C.

26 pending office actions • 16 clients • 25 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
2
Due this week
10
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (12%)
22
Medium (85%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (12%)
§103 only18 (69%)
§102 only4 (15%)
§112 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

6
Life Sciences
23% of docket
4
Information Tech
15% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
6
Semiconductors
23% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2 92.9% +19.2%
HOANG, HAU HAI 1 77.9% +13.6%
SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 1 30.0% +63.0%
TZENG, FRED 1 86.8% +3.9%
HOANG, HUAN 1 93.2% +5.6%
MA, KUN KAI 1 79.2% +12.8%
DOTTIN, DARRYL V 1 79.0% +12.3%
LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY 1 85.1% +7.4%
UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 1 49.4% +21.8%
NGUYEN, PHONG H 1 70.7% +20.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18782018 HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION BLOCK WITH TRIMMING CIRCUIT TZENG, FRED 22d
18135664 MULTIPLEXORS FOR NEURAL NETWORK ARRAY COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 28d
18419079 ERASING OF A WORD OR A PAGE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS IN AN ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY SYSTEM COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 30d
18782022 ARRAY OF MULTI-VALUE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS HOANG, HUAN 39d
18435943 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC BLOCK COMPRISING FLASH MEMORY ARRAY TO STORE CONFIGURATION DATA FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY 61d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17997047 LONG-ACTING AEROSOL CLEANER AND GERMICIDE PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 280d overdue
16585140 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT PORTER, RACHEL L 46d overdue
19324512 SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING MARKET STANDARD TERMS HOANG, HAU HAI 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18852713 METHOD TO PRODUCE SEEDS RAPIDLY THROUGH ASEXUAL PROPAGATION OF CUTTINGS IN LEGUMES SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 128d overdue
18533738 TWO-IN-ONE CARPET AND UTILITY KNIFE NGUYEN, PHONG H 35d overdue
19324512 SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING MARKET STANDARD TERMS HOANG, HAU HAI 8d overdue
18762909 NO-FROST HEAT PUMP MA, KUN KAI 13d
18695798 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCRONIZING A PROCESS FOR PRINTING ON CARDBOARD DOTTIN, DARRYL V 26d
18411670 HIGH THREAT RESPONSE SYSTEM UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 26d
18135664 MULTIPLEXORS FOR NEURAL NETWORK ARRAY COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 28d
18419079 ERASING OF A WORD OR A PAGE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS IN AN ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY SYSTEM COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 30d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28274
36422
21541
26251
37631
26831
28241
36621
37241
37261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19324512 SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING MARKET STANDARD TERMS Elain, Inc. HOANG, HAU HAI 2154 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2025
18852713 METHOD TO PRODUCE SEEDS RAPIDLY THROUGH ASEXUAL PROPAGATION OF CUTTINGS IN LEGUMES BENSON HILL, INC. SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18782018 HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION BLOCK WITH TRIMMING CIRCUIT Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. TZENG, FRED 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18782022 ARRAY OF MULTI-VALUE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. HOANG, HUAN 2827 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18762909 NO-FROST HEAT PUMP Addison Hvac LLC MA, KUN KAI 3763 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18695798 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCRONIZING A PROCESS FOR PRINTING ON CARDBOARD Kento Digital Printing S.L.U. DOTTIN, DARRYL V 2683 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18435943 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC BLOCK COMPRISING FLASH MEMORY ARRAY TO STORE CONFIGURATION DATA FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY 2824 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18419079 ERASING OF A WORD OR A PAGE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS IN AN ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY SYSTEM Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2827 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18411670 HIGH THREAT RESPONSE SYSTEM Brecourt Solutions Inc. UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18533738 TWO-IN-ONE CARPET AND UTILITY KNIFE Q.E.P. Co. Inc. NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §102 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18500206 CARPET PILE SEAM ROLLER Q.E.P. Co. Inc. CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18373928 POURABLE AND SPRAYABLE LIQUID ANIMAL FAT COOKING COMPOSITION South Chicago Packing LLC ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18356175 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTRATION COMBUSTION Furno Materials, Inc. WEISS, PAMELA HL 1732 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18198960 HEAT EXCHANGER ENHANCED WITH THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS B aryon Inc. DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
35517912 Aerosol dispenser Zenit Estudio De Diseño E Innovación, S.L. OBRIEN, DAVID WILLIAM 2973 §112 Non-Final OA 351d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18196161 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION FOR MANUFACTURING WHETLERITE CARBONS Molecular Products Inc. SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 11, 2023
18135772 BIO-BASED, MULTIPURPOSE TWO-PART ADHESIVE Viridis Technologies, LLC RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18135664 MULTIPLEXORS FOR NEURAL NETWORK ARRAY Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2827 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 17, 2023
18125703 SPLIT ARRAY ARCHITECTURE FOR ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY IN A DEEP LEARNING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. HO, HOAI V 2827 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18096583 FLEXIBLE AIRCRAFT PRIVACY DOOR FOR AN AIRPLANE SEAT Jamco America Inc. Wa SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18077686 INPUT CIRCUIT FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ARRAY Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. CYGIEL, GARY W 2137 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 08, 2022
17997047 LONG-ACTING AEROSOL CLEANER AND GERMICIDE Bio Logic Crop Science, S.L. PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §101 Non-Final OA 280d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17893071 Testing Circuitry And Methods For Analog Neural Memory In Artificial Neural Network Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 2825 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17848381 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPRISING REFERENCE ARRAY FOR ARRAY BIAS CONFIGURATION Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. ZECHER, CORDELIA P K 2100 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17847486 VECTOR-BY-MATRIX-MULTIPLICATION ARRAY UTILIZING ANALOG INPUTS Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO 2182 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 23, 2022
16585140 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT Genomate Health, Inc. PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §101 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2019

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