Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC

17 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 12 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
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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 only14 (82%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 4 76.2% +41.5%
LY, TOMMY TAI 2 80.3% +22.9%
BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 1 67.3% +23.6%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 47.7% +46.5%
CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 1 71.1% +48.1%
VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1 61.8% +21.2%
BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 1 17.4% +19.2%
COLLINS, DANIEL S. 1 84.9% +9.4%
FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 1 67.0% +28.9%
YANCHUS III, PAUL B 1 82.9% +14.1%

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
17950399 ULTRASOUND-BASED IMAGING DUAL-ARRAY PROBE APPARTUS AND SYSTEM LY, TOMMY TAI 43d overdue
18913791 ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT LOCALIZATION AND POSITIONING GUIDANCE LY, TOMMY TAI 31d overdue
18710494 AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM WATER FLOW COLLINS, DANIEL S. 19d
18385860 PERSONALIZED DEVICE BASEPLATE USING 3D SCANNING AND SUBSTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING YANCHUS III, PAUL B 21d

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
18095562 VISUAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD VIG, NARESH 125d overdue
18677067 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COMMEMORATIVE ITEM BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 91d overdue

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
18649681 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ENGINE PROMPT GENERATION FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 321d overdue
19074263 Back Brace BROWN, SETH RICHARD 128d overdue
18677067 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COMMEMORATIVE ITEM BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 91d overdue
18742631 Additive Manufacturing Platform, Resin, and Improvements for Microdevice Fabrication VARGOT, MATHIEU D 71d overdue
18822357 APPARATUS FOR VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND SCANNING CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 51d overdue
17950399 ULTRASOUND-BASED IMAGING DUAL-ARRAY PROBE APPARTUS AND SYSTEM LY, TOMMY TAI 43d overdue
18913791 ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT LOCALIZATION AND POSITIONING GUIDANCE LY, TOMMY TAI 31d overdue
19074062 MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR DONNING ORTHOTIC DEVICE TO PROSTHESIS, LIMB, OR JOINT BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 29d overdue

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37924
37973
37741
37861
17421
36291
37451
21661
21151
28551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19228317 Identification and Prevention of Myopia Neurorays, LLC LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2025
19213109 Ocular Photo-Bio-Stimulation Optics Neurorays, LLC LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 20, 2025
19089658 Ocular Photo-Bio-Stimulation Optics Neurorays, LLC LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19074062 MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR DONNING ORTHOTIC DEVICE TO PROSTHESIS, LIMB, OR JOINT Icarus Medical, LLC BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19074263 Back Brace Icarus Medical, LLC BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19030018 OCULAR PHOTO-BIO-STIMULATION Neurorays, LLC LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18913791 ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT LOCALIZATION AND POSITIONING GUIDANCE Rivanna Medical, Inc. LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18822357 APPARATUS FOR VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND SCANNING Rivanna Medical, Inc. CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2024
18742631 Additive Manufacturing Platform, Resin, and Improvements for Microdevice Fabrication Skyphos Industries Inc. VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18677067 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COMMEMORATIVE ITEM Eventshop, Inc. BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18710494 AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM WATER FLOW VERDERG RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 15, 2024
18649681 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ENGINE PROMPT GENERATION Highlight US Inc. FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 321d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18385860 PERSONALIZED DEVICE BASEPLATE USING 3D SCANNING AND SUBSTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING Carilion Clinic YANCHUS III, PAUL B 2115 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18036202 A PIPE TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD Verderg Pipe Technology Limited KIDANU, GEDEON M 2855 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending May 10, 2023
18095562 VISUAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Eventshop, Inc. VIG, NARESH 3622 §101 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
17950399 ULTRASOUND-BASED IMAGING DUAL-ARRAY PROBE APPARTUS AND SYSTEM Rivanna Medical, Inc. LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17268924 METHOD OF PRODUCING THREE DIMENSIONAL AUTOLOGOUS FAT GRAFT USING HUMAN LIPOASPIRATE-DERIVED ADIPOSE TISSUE WITH MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND BIOCOMPATIBLE CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS Cellheal AS WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2021

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