Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Wong Meyer Smith & Mcconnell

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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
ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 1 71.4% +14.9%
CORMIER, DAVID G 1 64.0% +29.0%
SANTOS, ROBERT G 1 72.7% +35.6%
KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1 31.2% +31.1%
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.4% +26.7%
IMAM, TANZIM 1 70.6% +27.1%
MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1 59.7% +28.4%

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
18586066 Vacuum Package for Food Products THAKUR, VIREN A 38d 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
18743974 Lifting Apparatus SANTOS, ROBERT G 42d overdue
18586066 Vacuum Package for Food Products THAKUR, VIREN A 38d overdue
18191344 Nozzle Height Adjustment Apparatus and Method for an Extruder Assembly MACHNESS, ARIELLA 16d overdue
18658216 Natural Cheese and Method for Making Natural Cheese with Specific Texture Attributes KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 26d
19036697 Vehicle Headlamp for High Mount Applications ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 34d
18783800 Deep Cleaning Alignment Equipment CORMIER, DAVID G 62d
18369869 Gusset Package IMAM, TANZIM 70d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28751
17111
36731
17911
17921
37311
17431

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19036697 Vehicle Headlamp for High Mount Applications Tyri International Inc. ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 24, 2025
18783800 Deep Cleaning Alignment Equipment Precision Iceblast Corporation CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18743974 Lifting Apparatus Basecampvan Ltd. SANTOS, ROBERT G 3673 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18658216 Natural Cheese and Method for Making Natural Cheese with Specific Texture Attributes Sargento Cheese Inc. KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 08, 2024
18586066 Vacuum Package for Food Products Sargento Cheese Inc. THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18369869 Gusset Package Sargento Cheese Inc. IMAM, TANZIM 3731 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18191344 Nozzle Height Adjustment Apparatus and Method for an Extruder Assembly Sargento Foods Inc. MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023

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