Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Aqua Membranes, Inc.

2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Aqua Membranes, Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within its company patent portfolio. Both of these matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a centralized review process. Interestingly, the data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio, which is a specific administrative detail for the current filings. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active workload for the entity at the USPTO.

MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the 2 pending office actions. Since he is the only 1 distinct examiner involved, the entirety of the pending portfolio relies on his individual examination style. The 0 distinct art units are a notable characteristic of this profile, suggesting the matters may be in a transitional state. Practitioners should focus on the requirements of the 1 distinct examiner to advance the Aqua Membranes, Inc. portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 2 100.0% +0.0%

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
18751107 Spiral Element Construction Yielding Enhanced Capacity MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18751121 SPIRAL MEMBRANE ELEMENT TAPERED PROFILE SPACERS MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18751107 Spiral Element Construction Yielding Enhanced Capacity MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18751121 SPIRAL MEMBRANE ELEMENT TAPERED PROFILE SPACERS MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024

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