Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (35%)
9
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (47%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
65% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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
KING, BRIAN M 2 70.2% +23.8%
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 2 47.3% +32.7%
HINES, LATOSHA D 1 51.0% +21.9%
MARONEY, JENNA M 1 64.5% +20.4%
SHIAO, DAVID A 1 75.5% +30.6%
PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 50.0% +64.0%
HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1 72.3% +8.3%
LAUX, DAVID J 1 65.0% +28.3%
WEINERT, WILLIAM C 1 59.3% +34.0%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.8% +20.7%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18239816 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUID VAPORIZATION TO RE-COOL GAS FOR CRYOGENIC FLUID RECOVERY MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 28d overdue
17956055 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMMONIA WASTEWATER REDUCTION HE, QIANPING 6d
18739953 Pressure Vessel Nozzle and Associated Method PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
18607928 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING NITROGEN AND OXYGEN KING, BRIAN M
18234620 Apparatus and Process for Pre-Liquefaction Fluid Processing for Improved Liquefaction Operations KING, BRIAN M
18233455 Burner and Method of Operation JONES, LOGAN P

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18195967 Method and System for Forming and Dispensing a Compressed Gas MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 71d overdue
18239816 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUID VAPORIZATION TO RE-COOL GAS FOR CRYOGENIC FLUID RECOVERY MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 28d overdue
18239826 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FOG MITIGATION MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 15d overdue
18766815 Method and System for Emergency Backup Power SHIAO, DAVID A 11d overdue
18950820 Apparatus and Process for Ship-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture for Fuel Production HINES, LATOSHA D
18804277 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN RECYCLING TO AVOID LIQUEFIER SHUTDOWN DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FEED OF HYDROGEN MARONEY, JENNA M
18739953 Pressure Vessel Nozzle and Associated Method PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
18607928 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING NITROGEN AND OXYGEN KING, BRIAN M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 6
3762 3
1771 1
2836 1
3754 1
2838 1
1738 1
3624 1
1776 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18950820 Apparatus and Process for Ship-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture for Fuel Production HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18804277 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN RECYCLING TO AVOID LIQUEFIER SHUTDOWN DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FEED OF HYDROGEN MARONEY, JENNA M 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18766815 Method and System for Emergency Backup Power SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18739953 Pressure Vessel Nozzle and Associated Method PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18607928 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING NITROGEN AND OXYGEN KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18569450 RECOVERY OF A RENEWABLE HYDROGEN PRODUCT FROM AN AMMONIA CRACKING PROCESS HENDRICKSON, STUART L §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18499636 System and Method for Combusting High-Moisture Fuel to Generate Steam LAUX, DAVID J 3762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18498539 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR REDUCED FORMATION OF NITROGEN OXIDES DURING COMBUSTION WEINERT, WILLIAM C 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18239816 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUID VAPORIZATION TO RE-COOL GAS FOR CRYOGENIC FLUID RECOVERY MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18239826 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FOG MITIGATION MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18234620 Apparatus and Process for Pre-Liquefaction Fluid Processing for Improved Liquefaction Operations KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18233455 Burner and Method of Operation JONES, LOGAN P 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2023
18197802 HIGH-POWER RECTIFICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM TIKU, SISAY G 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 16, 2023
18195967 Method and System for Forming and Dispensing a Compressed Gas MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
18115918 WATER GAS SHIFT UNIT STEAM SUPERHEATER TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18085675 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF POWER IN AN INDUSTRIAL GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 21, 2022
17956055 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMMONIA WASTEWATER REDUCTION HE, QIANPING 1776 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 29, 2022

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