Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Watts Law LLC

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 1 40.3% +38.0%
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 1 74.3% +11.4%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 40.2% +40.8%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 52.8% +26.4%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 59.0% +59.7%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.3% +26.7%
BAYOU, YONAS A 1 84.2% +15.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17989965 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION USING EFFICIENT SIGNATURES AND SECRET SHARING BAYOU, YONAS A 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19045846 Bell and Spigot and Method of Making Same CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 30d overdue
18527134 DC POWERED SOLAR TRACKER CONTROLLER WITH HEATED BATTERY TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 29d overdue
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 15d overdue
17989965 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION USING EFFICIENT SIGNATURES AND SECRET SHARING BAYOU, YONAS A 9d overdue
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM CONLON, MARISA V 3d overdue
18371199 HAIR BRUSH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 12d
18216116 LOCKABLE CONTAINER ALLEN, JEFFREY R 33d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
36791
36431
17221
37231
37331
24991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS Nationwide Children'S Hospital FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2025
19045846 Bell and Spigot and Method of Making Same Springseal, Inc. CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2025
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM NuVue Products Ltd. CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 22, 2024
18527134 DC POWERED SOLAR TRACKER CONTROLLER WITH HEATED BATTERY Omco Solar, LLC TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18371199 HAIR BRUSH Tangle Teezer Limited RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18216116 LOCKABLE CONTAINER Secure Medication Systems, LLC ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 29, 2023
17989965 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION USING EFFICIENT SIGNATURES AND SECRET SHARING Packetfabric, Inc. BAYOU, YONAS A 2499 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022

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