Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Withers & Keys, LLC

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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 (20%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (40%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
No statute on record2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELCHANTI, ZEINA 2 63.6% +25.8%
FAYED, RASHA K 1 62.0% +28.0%
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.0% +31.9%
TIEDEMAN, JASON S 1 29.3% +34.6%

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
12873699 Automated Systems and Methods for Matching Healthcare Professionals with Healthcare Organizations on a Temporary Basis TIEDEMAN, JASON S 12d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19238100 METHODS, NODE APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS CREATING A NETWORK FOR ENHANCED MONITORING OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT FAYED, RASHA K 5d overdue
18479049 Apparatus, Systems, and Methods Providing an On-demand Deployable Logistics Capacity Related to a Reporting Node-based Logistics Receptacle ELCHANTI, ZEINA 7d
12873699 Automated Systems and Methods for Matching Healthcare Professionals with Healthcare Organizations on a Temporary Basis TIEDEMAN, JASON S 12d
18886912 Connected Logistics Receptacle Apparatus, Systems, and Methods having Enhanced Status Indication Functionality Related to a Logistics Operation for a Delivery Item Being Deposited by a Parcel Customer ELCHANTI, ZEINA 23d
18093944 MULTI-ENTITY MANAGEMENT OF A NODE IN A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK MOLNAR, HUNTER A

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36283
24131
36831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19238100 METHODS, NODE APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS CREATING A NETWORK FOR ENHANCED MONITORING OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT Federal Express Corporation FAYED, RASHA K 2413 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2025
18886912 Connected Logistics Receptacle Apparatus, Systems, and Methods having Enhanced Status Indication Functionality Related to a Logistics Operation for a Delivery Item Being Deposited by a Parcel Customer Federal Express Corporation ELCHANTI, ZEINA 3628 Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18479049 Apparatus, Systems, and Methods Providing an On-demand Deployable Logistics Capacity Related to a Reporting Node-based Logistics Receptacle Fedex Corporate Services, Inc. ELCHANTI, ZEINA 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 30, 2023
18093944 MULTI-ENTITY MANAGEMENT OF A NODE IN A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK Fedex Corporate Services, Inc. MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2023
12873699 Automated Systems and Methods for Matching Healthcare Professionals with Healthcare Organizations on a Temporary Basis Jefferies Finance LLC, AS Collateral Agent (As Successor To Goldman Sachs Bank Usa) TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 01, 2010

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