Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

60 pending office actions • 47 clients • 54 examiners • 46 art units • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 56 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33
Overdue
2
Due this week
12
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 56 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (4)

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%)
51
Medium (85%)
2
Easy (3%)
7
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only48 (80%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only2 (3%)
No statute on record7 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

35
Life Sciences
58% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
3
Semiconductors
5% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

600 h
Manual time on pending OAs
120 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
210 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REDDEN, KAREN M 3 88.4% -21.5%
CLARKE, TRENT R 2 41.2% +26.0%
GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 2 45.8% +50.0%
PALLAY, MICHAEL B 2 55.8% +34.8%
HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 2 45.8% +40.0%
PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH 1 57.5% +35.1%
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 1 50.5% +31.9%
GRACE, KELSEY C 1 81.0% +12.4%
BOCHNA, DAVID 1 79.8% +13.7%
LO, ANDREW S 1 72.7% +27.8%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19192626 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS REDDEN, KAREN M 14d
19192631 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS REDDEN, KAREN M 21d
18858642 PROCESSES FOR TEXTURIZING AND MARKING A SURFACE GRACE, KELSEY C 28d
17952598 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS REDDEN, KAREN M 71d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
17699405 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 267d overdue
17405773 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 267d overdue
18295520 CONTACT LENS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF PALLAY, MICHAEL B 87d overdue
18288010 USE OF PLASMODIUM IN PREPARATION OF ANTI-TUMOR PREPARATION FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH RADIOTHERAPY CLARKE, TRENT R 46d overdue
18727649 Strength Training And Exercise Vest System And Method Of Use LO, ANDREW S 25d overdue
18274672 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 22d overdue
18274634 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 22d overdue
18793493 COMPRESSION PIPE FITTING WITH WIDE RANGE GRIP RINGS BOCHNA, DAVID 3d overdue

Client Portfolio (47 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16174
16613
37963
16513
37322
37842
16372
17292
16162
37721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19335117 Apparatus for Bonding a Fiber Structure Norafin Technologies GmbH PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 22, 2025
19192626 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS Valent Biosciences LLC REDDEN, KAREN M 1661 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 29, 2025
19192631 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS Valent Biosciences LLC REDDEN, KAREN M 1661 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Apr 29, 2025
18952121 HANDPIECE WITH ROTARY KNOB TO OPERATE THE TOOL HOLDER W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18858642 PROCESSES FOR TEXTURIZING AND MARKING A SURFACE Keter Home And Garden Products Ltd. GRACE, KELSEY C 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18793493 COMPRESSION PIPE FITTING WITH WIDE RANGE GRIP RINGS A. Y. Mcdonald Mfg. Co. BOCHNA, DAVID 3679 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18727649 Strength Training And Exercise Vest System And Method Of Use Caerus Strength Incorporated LO, ANDREW S 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18726664 SKI BOOT WITH REAR LEVER PART K2I PRANGE, SHARON M 3732 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18723782 EDGE FUNCTIONALISED GRAPHENE THERMAL NANOFLUIDS Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd., NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18677604 MOUNTING STRIP Slide2Seal Ltd. LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18714529 A DEVICE FOR AFFECTING VASCULAR BLOOD FLOW AND METHODS THEREOF Novapulse Ltd. GROSS, JASON PATRICK 3797 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18700205 MEDICAL WATCH FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS Cardiacsense Ltd. PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18697727 NOVEL PROBIOTICS AND USE THEREOF Nvp Healthcare Co., Ltd. ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18694350 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FASTENING FACADE PANELS Ejot SE & Co. Kg HIJAZ, OMAR F 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18611651 FINGER EXERCISE DEVICE Heart Rate Inc. JIMENEZ, LOAN B 3784 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18681656 Surgical Instrument And Method For Goniotomy Procedure Nallakrishnan Family Trust RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18578694 BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE ARTICLES Cg Biocomposite Aps BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
18572949 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA FERNANDES, ERROL V 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18565915 VISUAL PROTECTION DEVICE FOR TASK FORCES Rubi Glas GmbH FISSEL, TRAVIS S 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18563681 USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES Fellowes, Inc. FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18289532 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING NEUROREGENERATION, CONTAINING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPHEROIDAL CELL AGGREGATES S&E Bio Co., Ltd. STEVENS, MARK V 1613 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18289530 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPHEROID-TYPE CELL AGGREGATE S&E Bio Co., Ltd. LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT 1633 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18288012 Glycosylated Opioids River Stone Biotech Aps CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18288010 USE OF PLASMODIUM IN PREPARATION OF ANTI-TUMOR PREPARATION FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH RADIOTHERAPY Cas Lamvac (Guangzhou) Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd. CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
17791368 SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE PLANTS Fabian Le Bourdiec FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 2836 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18479687 CASE FOR ACCEPTING DIFFERENT SIZES OF TABLETS Fellowes Mobile LLC CHEUNG, CHUN HOI 3736 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18464919 PACKAGING TRAY AND SCREEN PROTECTOR ALIGNMENT DEVICE Fellowes Mobile LLC HSIEH, PING Y 2664 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18280114 NETWORK ENTITY AND METHOD Felix Wass KAMARA, MOHAMED A 2412 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18277511 KIT FOR TREATING DAMAGED NERVES Reddress Ltd. ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 203d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18233758 PAPER SHREDDER Michilin Prosperity Co., Ltd. ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18274672 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Abrain GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18274634 GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Abrain GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18204867 METHOD OF ASSEMBLING CONDUIT SECTIONS S-P Products, Inc. LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18198632 CONDUIT COUPLING S-P Products, Inc. BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18140842 METHOD OF ULTRASONICALLY CLEANING A VESSEL Realmthree Ltd. BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18295520 CONTACT LENS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Ps Therapy, Inc. PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §102 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18028412 DEVICE FOR INJECTING FLUID INTO A BIRD Desvac CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 3643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18027889 NOVEL LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AND USE THEREOF Nvp Healthcare Co., Ltd. DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18151752 Method, Compositions and Applications of Mechanosensitive Channels Nanoscope Technologies LLC NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 Other Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
18004575 IL-2 VARIANTS Eutilex Co., Ltd. REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2023
17928136 ANTIBODIES SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZING NERVE GROWTH FACTOR AND USES THEREOF Staidson (Beijing) Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17963270 MIXTURE OF PYRETHROIDS AND MILBEMYCINS AND USES THEREOF Valent Biosciences LLC VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2022
17952598 METHODS TO INDUCE HEAT STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS Valent Biosciences LLC REDDEN, KAREN M 1661 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17907909 RIVETED BATTERY COVER Shenzhen Kedali Industry Co., Ltd. GUPTA, SARIKA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17907905 POWER BATTERY COVER AND POWER BATTERY Shenzhen Kedali Industry Co., Ltd. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER 1729 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17793324 VETERINARY ANTI-PROLACTIN COMPOSITION FOR RUMINANTS USED BY INTRAMAMMARY ADMINISTRATION Ceva Santé Animale KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2022
17855035 LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE WITH INCREASED DETECTION SIGNAL INTENSITY AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET MATERIAL USING THE SAME Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation MARTIN, ALEA NATASHA 1758 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17852029 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD TO GENERATE A PANORAMIC IMAGE See Through S.r.l. ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17699405 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF Eye Therapies, LLC HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 267d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2022
17623554 INHALABLE COMPOSITION COMPROMISING CYCLODEXTRIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NASAL INFLAMMATIONS Aquilon Pharmaceuticals SA BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2021
17620425 A METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE Psyros Diagnostics Limited DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 17, 2021
17533942 OPTHALMOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Ps Therapy Ltd. PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 23, 2021
17604360 CYBB LENTIVIRAL VECTOR, LENTIVIRAL VECTOR-TRANSDUCED STEM CELL, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF BEIJING MEIKANG GENO-IMMUNE BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 15, 2021
17437462 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS FROM METAL ALLOYS ThixoAM GmbH WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1754 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2021
17458101 DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA Carmenza Spadafora MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2021
17405773 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF Eye Therapies, LLC HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 Other Non-Final OA 267d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2021
17389556 ANTI-VIRAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Eye Therapies LLC MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 30, 2021
17137985 BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS AND NEONICOTINOIDS MIXTURES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Valent U.S.A. LLC PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2020
16852870 MIXTURES OF SABADILLA ALKALOIDS AND PYRETHROIDS AND USES THEREOF Mclaughlin Gormley King Company HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 20, 2020
16227010 MIXTURES OF SABADILLA ALKALOIDS AND INSECTICIDAL SOAPS AND USES THEREOF Mclaughlin Gormley King Company GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2018

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