Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner LLP

51 pending office actions • 38 clients • 50 examiners • 42 art units • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 150 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 51 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

28
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 51 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (28)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (6)

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.

2
Hard (4%)
43
Medium (84%)
3
Easy (6%)
3
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only38 (75%)
§102 only5 (10%)
§112 only3 (6%)
No statute on record3 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
20% of docket
4
Information Tech
8% of docket
5
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
32
Mechanical / Eng
63% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TURK, BROCK E 2 28.9% +34.7%
SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 1 30.0% +63.0%
FREEMAN, JOSHUA E 1 82.2% +11.8%
ZARA, JANE J 1 70.8% +15.9%
SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 1 72.8% +20.0%
KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 1 68.0% +28.4%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.5% +40.3%
PROCTOR, CACHET I 1 77.1% +5.8%
GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 1 76.8% +17.7%
MCNALLY, KERRI L 1 80.6% +11.1%

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
19206769 FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES FREEMAN, JOSHUA E 5d

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
18460010 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZED PERMISSION-BASED SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TURK, BROCK E 62d
18338618 LOCAL TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER DEVICE TURK, BROCK E 69d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18991839 MULTIDIRECTIONAL WALL MOUNTED STORAGE PANEL KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 119d overdue
19051528 BIOMARKER miR-32533 FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT-RELATED DISEASE AND USE THEREOF ZARA, JANE J 89d overdue
18698986 DEVICE FOR COVERING AN AREA OF THE BODY OF A PATIENT CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 53d overdue
19042337 MEDICAL PRODUCTS USEFUL IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-GUIDED METHODS SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 19d overdue
19206769 FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES FREEMAN, JOSHUA E 5d
18914554 MOUNT FOR A PATIENT MONITORING DEVICE MCNALLY, KERRI L 14d
18921507 PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 15d
19226869 REMOTE CONTROLLED DOG CRATE SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 26d

Client Portfolio (38 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26893
37713
36412
37962
36922
37112
37952
36421
16371
37971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19226869 REMOTE CONTROLLED DOG CRATE Guardian K9 Lock Solutions, Llc. SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 03, 2025
19206769 FIREARM SIGHTS AND ASSEMBLIES Springfield, Inc. FREEMAN, JOSHUA E 3641 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 13, 2025
19051528 BIOMARKER miR-32533 FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT-RELATED DISEASE AND USE THEREOF Institute Of Medicinal Biotechnology, Cams & Pumc ZARA, JANE J 1637 §112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2025
19042337 MEDICAL PRODUCTS USEFUL IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-GUIDED METHODS Muffin Incorporated SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2025
18991839 MULTIDIRECTIONAL WALL MOUNTED STORAGE PANEL Noble Industries Inc. KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18698986 DEVICE FOR COVERING AN AREA OF THE BODY OF A PATIENT Cook Medical Technologies LLC CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2024
18933119 DEICING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE LAMP Grote Industries, Inc. PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2024
18921507 PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM Palarum LLC GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18914554 MOUNT FOR A PATIENT MONITORING DEVICE Palarum LLC MCNALLY, KERRI L 2686 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18908440 ACCELLFX PROXIMITY DETECTION SYSTEM Donnell Brian Dillon POINT, RUFUS C 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2024
18788412 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS TRUSS MOUNTED TRACK SYSTEM Tyler Truss LLC MINTZ, RODNEY K 3635 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18786847 STOWABLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18780690 AUTONOMOUS CROP HARVEST AND STORAGE SYSTEM Silonz LLC SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 3669 Other Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18779485 ACOUSTIC ABSORPTIVE PANEL Baresque Intelletaul Property Pty Limited GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18752002 OPEN TOP SPILL RESISTANT VASE LID Syndicate Sales, Inc. LOWERY, BRITTANY A 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18746676 VASCULAR ANCHORING INTRODUCER SHEATH National Institutes Of Health, An Agency Of The Department Of Health And Human Services BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18737182 ADJUSTABLE PORTAL PLATE Super ATV, LLC BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18678101 DEVICES FOR PLACEMENT AND FIXATION OF ANNULOPLASTY BELT Muffin Incorporated WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending May 30, 2024
18665696 COATING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS TO PRODUCE NON-STICK SURFACES AND NON-STICK SURFACES MADE THEREFROM Ibc Materials & Technologies, LLC MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 16, 2024
18605900 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UTILIZING DRONES Skywave Networks LLC SRIVASTAVA, VIVEK 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18291345 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A WEARABLE INTERACTIVE ID BADGE Palarum LLC MORTELL, JOHN F 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18406358 TWIN-TUBE DAMPER Afco Performance Group, LLC LIU, HENRY Y 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18397155 PLANT BIOLOGIC INCLUDING PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE (PQQ) Dakota Bio LLC FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18506262 ACTUATION UNIT FOR A MULTI VALVE DEVICE AND MULTI VALVE DEVICE Memetis GmbH SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18502786 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS OPERATED SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM Springfield, Inc. WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18497375 TRACKED FORWARDER Prinoth Ltd. HURLEY, KEVIN 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18556797 COMPONENTS FOR AN APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES A NEUTRON FLUX Oxford Sigma Limited DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18556493 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF AN OBJECT PRODUCED BY AT LEAST ONE 3D PRINTER Replique GmbH MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §102 Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18485702 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCING OBJECT DETECTION Bastian Solutions, LLC CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2667 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18479456 EXPANDABLE MESH WITH LOCKING FEATURE Cook Medical Technologies LLC MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18552501 BLOOD PUMP WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC SUSPENSION Cardiobionic Pty Ltd. STICE, PAULA J 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18460010 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZED PERMISSION-BASED SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Simpello LLC TURK, BROCK E 3692 §101 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18364055 REGULATION/MODIFICATION OF STENT CONTACT SURFACE FOR POLYMER FREE DRUG COATING Cook Medical Technologies LLC BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18338618 LOCAL TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER DEVICE Simpello LLC TURK, BROCK E 3692 §101 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18338819 EMBOLIC COIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS Cook Medical Technologies LLC NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18329139 PHASE CHANGE COMPOSITE AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Guangdong University of Technology WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18328815 DYNAMIC PROFILE ASSIGNMENT AND ADJUSTMENT FOR CAMERA BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OBJECT DETECTION Wyze Labs, Inc. GONZALES, VINCENT 2124 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18309112 BASKETBALL ARCADE GAME Indian Industries, Inc. LOVDAHL, RANDALL JOHN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18030299 WEARABLE COORDINATED AUTOMATIC TENSIONING APPARATUSES Cincinnati Automation & Mechatronics, LLC MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 05, 2023
18123548 BASKETBALL SYSTEM SHAKE REDUCTION SYSTEM Indian Industries, Inc. SHARMA, RIA 3711 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18044288 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18168237 ENDOSCOPE WITH SEPARABLE, DISPOSABLE SHAFT Adaptivendo LLC WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18057477 WALL MOUNTED BASKETBALL SYSTEM REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS Indian Industries, Inc. OMGBA, ESSAMA 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17923622 AGENT FOR LIQUEFYING CRUDE OIL AND/OR FOR REMOVING OIL RESIDUES Rainer Ott DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17798921 DETECTION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN HUMAN BRAINS FROM IMAGES Imperial College Innovations Limited BARNES JR, CARL E 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2022
17846682 ROTATING FULL-CORE BIOPSY NEEDLE Cook Medical Technologies LLC CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17753496 APPARATUS AND METHOD Imperial College Innovations Limited SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2022
17635075 PREPARATION METHOD FOR DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE Institute Of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2022
17650008 ENDOSCOPE HANDLE Adaptivendo LLC LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Feb 04, 2022
17647072 LOCKING DENTAL FORCEPS FOR TOOTH EXTRACTION Dennis Frazee HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 05, 2022
17613889 METHOD FOR NAVIGATING MEDICAL DATA Novartis AG LAM, ELIZA ANNE 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021

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