Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ward Law Office LLC

61 pending office actions • 53 clients • 57 examiners • 52 art units • 0 of 61 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 189 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

61
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

42
Overdue
2
Due this week
12
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (42)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
53
Medium (87%)
5
Easy (8%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only44 (72%)
§102 only9 (15%)
§112 only5 (8%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
18% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
5
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
42
Mechanical / Eng
69% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

610 h
Manual time on pending OAs
122 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
214 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARP, WILLIAM RAY 2 79.0% +10.6%
DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 2 50.8% +60.2%
NGUYEN, VY T 2 71.8% +38.0%
BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 2 27.6% +34.3%
NGUYEN, TRINH T 1 68.9% +27.4%
CHIANG, JENNIFER C 1 70.3% +30.2%
HUYNH, KHOA D 1 18.8% +22.4%
SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 1 61.9% +28.4%
JOHNSON, SONJI N 1 74.3% +21.4%
FIX, THOMAS S 1 71.3% +15.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260185 WEIGHT BEARING COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 189d overdue
17610595 LIGHT-PROOF EYE PROTECTION PASTE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 100d overdue
19026923 SPORTS HELMET HUYNH, KHOA D 5d overdue
18978071 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING THE TRANSFER OF DOMAIN SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 1d overdue

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18260185 WEIGHT BEARING COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 189d overdue
18080701 JUICER ASSEMBLY FOR LARGE DIAMETER FEED TUBE NGUYEN, VY T 147d overdue
18409359 ELECTRIC FULL BODY FITNESS EQUIPMENT DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 140d overdue
19064854 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER HAVING A DEPRESSIBLE VALVE CHIANG, JENNIFER C 112d overdue
17610595 LIGHT-PROOF EYE PROTECTION PASTE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 100d overdue
18453727 BREW CHAMBER FOR FRENCH PRESS COFFEE MACHINE NGUYEN, VY T 77d overdue
18968468 MULTIMODAL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND USE FOR TRACKING OF AN OBJECT JOHNSON, SONJI N 60d overdue
18808542 CORE LOGGING TRACK TILT ADAPTER AND METHOD OF USE HARP, WILLIAM RAY 50d overdue

Client Portfolio (53 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37913
37542
37352
36532
37842
37252
37612
37862
36441
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19226489 PLANT SUPPORT CLIP Crushproof Tubing Co. NGUYEN, TRINH T 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2025
19064854 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER HAVING A DEPRESSIBLE VALVE Sophisticated Solutions, LLC CHIANG, JENNIFER C 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2025
19026923 SPORTS HELMET Ruroc Ip Holdings Limited HUYNH, KHOA D 3732 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18978071 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING THE TRANSFER OF DOMAIN D3Serve Labs Inc. SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 3695 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2024
18968468 MULTIMODAL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND USE FOR TRACKING OF AN OBJECT Freenav, Inc. JOHNSON, SONJI N 2876 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2024
18867353 ANTI-ELECTROPHORETIC LIQUID INFILTRATION ANGLE ADJUSTER AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd. FIX, THOMAS S 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18950500 ADAPTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES Hyzon Motors Usa Inc. BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18933347 CONTAINER SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Energy Storage Safety Products International LLC ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 31, 2024
18925458 EXPANDING FOUNDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Apa Solar, LLC SINGH, SUNIL 3678 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18921832 COMBINATION CONVEYOR BELT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Webster Industries, Inc. BIDWELL, JAMES R 3651 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18828046 FINGER RING WITH MAGNET FOR HOLDING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Crescent Rings, LLP LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 3734 §102 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18844242 A CARDBOARD TRAY FOR RECEIVING ARTICLES, SUCH AS BOTTLES, SYRINGES, VIALS, IN A HORIZONTAL CONFIGURATION AND A DIE-CUT BLANK FOR OBTAINING THE TRAY MARCHESEINI GROUP S.P.A. RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER 3735 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18843779 CABLE REEL ASSEMBLY Albright Product Design Limited MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2024
18808542 CORE LOGGING TRACK TILT ADAPTER AND METHOD OF USE Dynamics G-Ex Pty Ltd. HARP, WILLIAM RAY 3653 §102 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18807512 TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM Rmv Leasing LLC RUSHING, MARK S 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2024
18799421 VARIABLE-DIAMETER BLADE SUITABLE FOR TRANS-MEDIA AIRCRAFT Nanjing University Of Aeronautics And Astronautics CURRY, CINDI M 3642 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18779920 ROBOTIC CAMERA MOVEMENT FILMING SOLUTION Atmata LLC VIEAUX, GARY C 2638 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18660597 ELECTRIC FULL BODY FITNESS EQUIPMENT I-Tech Usa, Inc. DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 3784 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending May 10, 2024
18645629 AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PERIPROCEDURAL DATA ANALYTICS Mediview Xr, Inc. KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18701344 STUMP GRINDING TOOTH HAVING COLLISION INTERCEPTOR Green Manufacturing, Inc. ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18633078 PROTECTIVE CASE ASSEMBLY M1Nt, Inc. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18601357 VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXERCISE SYSTEM I-Tech Usa, Inc. BODDIE, WILLIAM 2625 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18437851 BRAKE ASSEMBLY OF ELONGATED ASSEMBLIES Thor Global Enterprises Ltd. HARP, WILLIAM RAY 3653 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18434988 PROTECTOR DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS Tamc Holdings Pty Ltd. PERREAULT, ANDREW D 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18411889 BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE STORAGE RACK Montel Inc. NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18409359 ELECTRIC FULL BODY FITNESS EQUIPMENT I-Tech Usa, Inc. DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 3784 Other Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18407414 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION, ASSESSMENT, ALERTING, INTERVENTION AND FEEDBACK SYSTEMS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT CRISES Cerebral Inc. MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18406659 HIGH BOROSILICATE GLASS PRODUCT WITH COATING LAYER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Hebei Sanxia Kitchenware Technology Co. Ltd. EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18526151 HOPPER FOR VERTICAL JUICER I-Tech Usa, Inc. BAPTHELUS, SMITH OBERTO 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18525510 INTEGRATED CAB DESIGN FOR A SEMI-TRUCK VEHICLE Hyzon Motors Usa Inc. LEMBO, AARON LLOYD 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18011840 COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Hebei Li'En New Material Technology Co., Ltd. ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18555088 PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS 3 Aim Ip Pty Ltd. JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18476785 COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH A PURPOSE-DRIVEN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, GRAPHICS DRIVER, AND PERSISTENT DISPLAY The Light Phone Inc. SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID 2645 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18468868 EYEDROP ADMINISTRATIVE DEVICE Preemier, LLC CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18453727 BREW CHAMBER FOR FRENCH PRESS COFFEE MACHINE J Dean LLC NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18262486 A PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited OLAMIT, JUSTIN N 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18347689 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINE SYSTEM Midwest Specialties, Inc. FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18260185 WEIGHT BEARING COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH, INC. BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 §103 Final Rejection 189d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18339774 SIGNALING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Airborne Outfitters, LLC LE, HAILEY R 3648 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18258746 SUBSTITUTED AMINOBENZYL HETEROARYL COMPOUNDS AS EGFR AND/OR PI3K INHIBITORS The Regents of the University of Michigan SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18321889 MOBILE SCAFFOLD FOR A RACKING SYSTEM AND RACKING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MOBILE SCAFFOLD Montel Inc. CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18252159 ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH, INC. JONES, AISLINN MOIRA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18310621 MANUFACTURABLE HUMIDIFIER Hyzon Motors Inc. EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18304716 VOLUMETRIC BUILDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SAND CASTING MOLDS, CORES, AND TEMPORARY TOOLS Lightspeed Concepts Inc. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18250101 POOL BODY Oriental Recreational Products (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18246449 DRUG COATING, DRUG-COATED BALLOON AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF LEPU MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18185121 PROTECTIVE SHEATH FOR A GLASS PHARMACUETICAL CARTRIDGE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Rx Bandz, Inc. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 16, 2023
18182209 EXPANDING LENGTH VEHICLE CHASSIS Tuga-Global, Inc. MEYER, JACOB B 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18168777 EFFICIENT ROBOTIC DEFECT CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Inovision Software Solutions, Inc. CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §102 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18040415 WEARABLE SPECTROMETER FOR BIOMOLECULE INTERROGATION IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE Molecular Photonix LLC HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA 3791 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
18085234 LOW-ENERGY DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD Phinite Inc. MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK 3762 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
18080701 JUICER ASSEMBLY FOR LARGE DIAMETER FEED TUBE I-Tech Usa, Inc. NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2022
18078427 SUBMERSIBLE DRAG BARGE Cashman Dredging And Marine Contracting, Co., LLC TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17912715 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMOELECTRIC CHARGING OF A BATTERY Moroz Technologies Pty Ltd. DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 19, 2022
17834161 CROP YIELD PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM Jilin University STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS 1686 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2022
17805524 FLUID COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND COLLECTING FLUIDS Patient Inventions, LLC MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17619455 Method for Secondary Coating of Magnetic Powder Cores Using Phosphoric Acid and Nano-calcium Carbonate Jiangxi Evertech Holding Co., Ltd. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2021
17610595 LIGHT-PROOF EYE PROTECTION PASTE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Hangzhou Jujiu Science & Biotechnology Co., Ltd. BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021
17320748 System & Method for Measurement of Respiratory Rate and Tidal Volume Through Feature Analysis of Breath Sounds to Detect Disease State Florida Institute For Human & Machine Cognition, Inc. SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 14, 2021
17242145 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TREATMENTS USING DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES Advaita Corporation PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2021
16867605 EDIBLE FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Whip Mfg Inc. TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending May 06, 2020

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