Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

18 pending office actions • 13 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (83%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only12 (67%)
§102 only3 (17%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
28% of docket
3
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 2 47.8% +30.9%
SHIAO, DAVID A 1 75.3% +31.1%
CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH 1 48.2% +35.5%
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 25.6% +21.4%
OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT 1 63.2% +37.1%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.6% +21.1%
SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 1 73.8% +28.5%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.5% +24.7%
TIKU, SISAY G 1 91.4% +9.4%
ZEC, FILIP 1 65.3% +13.8%

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
18197802 HIGH-POWER RECTIFICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM TIKU, SISAY G 9d

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
17530523 Control System for a Fuel Supply Network GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K 22d
18543024 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE PETTITT, JOHN F 41d

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
18199411 Apparatus and Method for Carbon Dioxide Recovery BUI, DUNG H 149d overdue
18610594 REAL-TIME CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARBON INTENSITY COMPLIANCE IN A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITY CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH 126d overdue
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
18233393 Burner and Method of Operation SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 5d overdue
18492883 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY FOR FUEL DISPENSING OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT 7d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 5
2189 2
2836 1
3628 1
2118 1
3762 1
1773 1
2838 1
1738 1
1736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18766815 Method and System for Emergency Backup Power SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18610594 REAL-TIME CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARBON INTENSITY COMPLIANCE IN A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITY CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18543024 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18492883 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY FOR FUEL DISPENSING OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT 2118 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18239816 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUID VAPORIZATION TO RE-COOL GAS FOR CRYOGENIC FLUID RECOVERY MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 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
18233393 Burner and Method of Operation SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18199411 Apparatus and Method for Carbon Dioxide Recovery BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18197802 HIGH-POWER RECTIFICATION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM TIKU, SISAY G 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 16, 2023
18196527 Process and Apparatus for Xenon and or Krypton Recovery ZEC, FILIP 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 12, 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
18109924 Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming with Low Steam Production SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 15, 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
17975707 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AN INDUSTRIAL GAS PLANT COMPLEX POWERED BY RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO 2189 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17960854 Process and System for Water-Gas Shift Conversion of Synthesis Gas with High CO Concentration FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1763 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17956055 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMMONIA WASTEWATER REDUCTION HE, QIANPING 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17530523 Control System for a Fuel Supply Network GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K 2189 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 19, 2021

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