Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aculon Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, suggesting a broad spread of examination despite the small volume of active cases. The fact that the number of pending actions matches the number of distinct examiners indicates that no single individual is currently reviewing multiple files for the company.
MILLER, MICHAEL G is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner only manages a single case, the prosecution risk is highly diversified across the 3 distinct art units involved. Practitioners should note that the lack of concentration means that outcomes in one matter are unlikely to be influenced by the same examiner's perspective on another pending case.
The presence of 3 distinct art units for only 4 pending office actions suggests that Aculon Inc. is pursuing innovations that span multiple sub-disciplines within Chemistry & Materials. This fragmentation requires counsel to monitor diverse examination trends rather than focusing on a single specialized group. With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a variety of subjective interpretations of the prior art.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1 | 52.3% | +15.6% |
| HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 85.3% | +9.3% |
| FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1 | 76.3% | +16.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907676 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PACKAGES THAT DEMONSTRATE REDUCED ADHESION TO MOLD FLASH AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ADHESION OF MOLD FLASH TO METAL LEADFRAMES | HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19302556 | METHOD FOR SURFACE-INITIATED POLYMERIZATION ON SURFACES AND COATED SUBTRATED FORMED THEREBY | MILLER, MICHAEL G | — |
| 18537706 | COATED MEDICAL GUIDEWIRES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19302556 | METHOD FOR SURFACE-INITIATED POLYMERIZATION ON SURFACES AND COATED SUBTRATED FORMED THEREBY | MILLER, MICHAEL G | — |
| 18537706 | COATED MEDICAL GUIDEWIRES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302556 | METHOD FOR SURFACE-INITIATED POLYMERIZATION ON SURFACES AND COATED SUBTRATED FORMED THEREBY | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 18907676 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PACKAGES THAT DEMONSTRATE REDUCED ADHESION TO MOLD FLASH AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ADHESION OF MOLD FLASH TO METAL LEADFRAMES | HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18537706 | COATED MEDICAL GUIDEWIRES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAculon Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Michael G Miller has the most, with 1 of Aculon Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
