Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Whitestone Law, Pllc

17 pending office actions • 13 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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 (6%)
15
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only12 (71%)
§102 only3 (18%)
§112 only1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
29% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
53% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 1 52.2% +12.9%
KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 1 87.4% +2.5%
ZAKARIA, AKM 1 82.4% +16.2%
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.4% +26.7%
RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 1 77.5% +7.3%
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.5% +23.1%
MORALES, RICARDO D 1 81.4% +16.7%
BASS, DIRK R 1 62.1% +22.6%
NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 1 87.2% +4.3%
FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 1 78.9% +15.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18241932 Bluetooth Positioning Method, Terminal Device, Electronic Device and Storage Medium NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 11d overdue
18284927 MULTI-LASER SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MORALES, RICARDO D 5d overdue
18714780 TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR ZAKARIA, AKM 6d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598119 BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING THAKUR, VIREN A 10d overdue
18849579 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM ERROR MITIGATION KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 4d 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
18523046 NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 31d overdue
18452710 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 31d overdue
19105361 AUTO-INFLATABLE PATCH ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO AN INTESTINAL WALL VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 18d overdue
18598119 BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING THAKUR, VIREN A 10d overdue
18284927 MULTI-LASER SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MORALES, RICARDO D 5d overdue
18714780 TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR ZAKARIA, AKM 6d
18477542 Reverse osmosis or nanofiltration process for cleaning water BASS, DIRK R 83d

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37834
21111
28581
17921
37261
37231
17381
17791
26411
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19105361 AUTO-INFLATABLE PATCH ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO AN INTESTINAL WALL Alma Therapeutics Ltd. VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
18849579 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM ERROR MITIGATION Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 2111 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18714780 TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR Qst Corporation Limited ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 30, 2024
18598119 BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING Biomen Ltd. THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18428621 NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS Caliber Inc. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18523046 NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS Caliber Inc. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18284927 MULTI-LASER SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Prima Additive S.r.l. MORALES, RICARDO D 1738 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18477542 Reverse osmosis or nanofiltration process for cleaning water Ide Water Technologies Ltd. BASS, DIRK R 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18241932 Bluetooth Positioning Method, Terminal Device, Electronic Device and Storage Medium VERISILICON MICROELECTRONICS (NANJING) CO., LTD. NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2023
18452710 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY Terumo Europe N.V. FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18038737 FILTER NEEDLE Terumo Europe N.V. RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18138549 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POWER PRODUCTION IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER GRID Foresight Energy Ltd. ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18027815 Method, tool and apparatus for dissecting and transferring biological material Xyall Bv. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §102 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18115259 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A USER'S EXTERIOR SURFACE Daily Products, Inc. MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 3785 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
17917280 METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL POLLINATION AND APPARATUS FOR DOING THE SAME BLOOMX LTD DENNIS, KEVIN M 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17797415 FORWARD OSMOTIC SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Ide Water Technologies Ltd. MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17268507 EXPANDABLE DRUG DELIVERY PILL Alma Therapeutics Ltd. MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 15, 2021

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