Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz Pllc

12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (8%)
9
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only9 (75%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALIE, GHASSEM 1 69.1% +33.0%
ZAKARIA, AKM 1 82.4% +16.2%
FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1 69.7% +13.3%
SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1 65.0% +27.9%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 1 56.5% +17.9%
SINGH, SATWANT K 1 89.8% +9.6%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.5% +24.7%
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 54.3% +36.7%
PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1 52.3% +9.5%
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 1 57.9% +25.7%

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
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor ZAKARIA, AKM 13d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18475159 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENTIMENT EXTRACTION IN NATURAL LAGUAGE PROCESSING BASED ON GRAPH-BASED MODELS, AND INDICATORS FOR TRADING PLATFORMS SINGH, SATWANT K 96d 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
18076797 Reversible Clearance Indicator Assembly and Method of Use GILBERT, WILLIAM V 204d overdue
18362307 Method and Apparatus for Firearm Storage WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 45d overdue
18624800 GRIPPING ELMENTS PRODUCED WITH CONTROLLED HARDNESS FOR SEALING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USED IN FLUID PIPELINES FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 44d overdue
18463129 PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROL UNITS BUI, DUNG H 37d overdue
18505509 BATTERY MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 19d overdue
18887901 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-POCKET TENDON SHEARING ALIE, GHASSEM 15d overdue
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor ZAKARIA, AKM 13d
18421004 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING POLYMER MASONRY UNITS SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 33d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37241
28581
17411
17421
28571
26531
17731
36751
17331
39931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18887901 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-POCKET TENDON SHEARING Post Tech Manufacturing, LLC ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor Garrett Electronics, Inc. ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18624800 GRIPPING ELMENTS PRODUCED WITH CONTROLLED HARDNESS FOR SEALING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USED IN FLUID PIPELINES S & B Technical Products, Inc. FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18421004 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING POLYMER MASONRY UNITS Lithic Industries Holding Co. SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1742 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18505509 BATTERY MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE Smart Electronics Inc. SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18475159 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENTIMENT EXTRACTION IN NATURAL LAGUAGE PROCESSING BASED ON GRAPH-BASED MODELS, AND INDICATORS FOR TRADING PLATFORMS Kovach Technologies Inc. SINGH, SATWANT K 2653 §101 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18463129 PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROL UNITS Textron Innovations, Inc. BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18362307 Method and Apparatus for Firearm Storage Granite Security Products, Inc. WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18253904 PROCESS FOR GOLD AND/OR PLATINUM GROUP METALS HEAP LEACHING WITH LIME S.A. Lhoist Recherche Et Developpement PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18076797 Reversible Clearance Indicator Assembly and Method of Use Chandler Signs, LLC GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 204d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17919438 Calcium and/or Magnesium Additive for Membrane and Fouling Control and System and Process for Membrane Fouling Control Using the Additive S. A. Lhoist Recherche Et Developpement MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Oct 17, 2022
17812752 COMPACT BATTERY MODULE UTILIZING DUAL-SIDED PCB BUS Textron Innovations Inc. MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 15, 2022

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