Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aspen Aerogels Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 6 examiners and 6 art units, so the matters are distributed across separate examination assignments.
JONES, CHRISTOPHER P is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain a coordinated materials claim strategy while preparing examiner-specific responses for each record.
The distribution makes docket organization particularly important. Art-unit and examiner tracking can help identify related technical questions, but each matter should retain its own evidence, amendments, and prosecution history analysis.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 76.1% | +24.8% |
| DINH, BACH T | 1 | 55.5% | +31.1% |
| LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.2% | +13.2% |
| RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1 | 49.3% | +54.1% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.8% | +13.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900813 | NOVEL POROUS POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF MONOLITHIC BIMODAL MICROPOROUS/MACROPOROUS CARBON COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR SELECTIVE CO2 SEQUESTRATION | JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18716106 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATING THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18697711 | PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN BATTERY SYSTEMS | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | — |
| 18695331 | MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18435183 | WATER CO-CATALYST FOR POLYIMIDE PROCESS | RIOJA, MELISSA A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18195367 | AEROGEL-BASED COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 21d |
| 18695338 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FOIL ENCAPSULATION OF AEROGELS AND AEROGEL COMPOSITES | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 22d |
| 18900813 | NOVEL POROUS POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF MONOLITHIC BIMODAL MICROPOROUS/MACROPOROUS CARBON COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR SELECTIVE CO2 SEQUESTRATION | JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18716106 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATING THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18695331 | MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18435183 | WATER CO-CATALYST FOR POLYIMIDE PROCESS | RIOJA, MELISSA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900813 | NOVEL POROUS POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF MONOLITHIC BIMODAL MICROPOROUS/MACROPOROUS CARBON COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR SELECTIVE CO2 SEQUESTRATION | JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | 1776 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2024 |
| 18716106 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATING THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18697711 | PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN BATTERY SYSTEMS | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | 1788 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18695338 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FOIL ENCAPSULATION OF AEROGELS AND AEROGEL COMPOSITES | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18695331 | MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18435183 | WATER CO-CATALYST FOR POLYIMIDE PROCESS | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18195367 | AEROGEL-BASED COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAspen Aerogels Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Christopher P Jones has the most, with 1 of Aspen Aerogels Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
