Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Aspen Aerogels Inc.

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

4
Hard (40%)
5
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
40% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1 81.3% +17.6%
XU, JIANGTIAN 1 65.3% +34.5%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.3%
VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1 54.0% +24.8%
MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL 1 70.6% +31.1%
LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 1
USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 1 83.0% +19.1%
MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1 68.2% +13.2%
JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1 34.8% +44.3%
WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 1 57.6% +34.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19113839 COMPRESSED AEROGEL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING BERNARD, ADRIEN J
18697712 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATE CATHODE MATERIALS USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18698323 ALUMINOSILICATE AEROGELS VAN SELL, NATHAN L 51d overdue
18736361 LAMINATES COMPRISING REINFORCED AEROGEL COMPOSITES VO, HAI 8d
18695338 MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FOIL ENCAPSULATION OF AEROGELS AND AEROGEL COMPOSITES JACKSON, MONIQUE R 22d
18695331 MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS MERKLING, MATTHEW J

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18698323 ALUMINOSILICATE AEROGELS VAN SELL, NATHAN L 51d overdue
18736361 LAMINATES COMPRISING REINFORCED AEROGEL COMPOSITES VO, HAI 8d
18776930 AQUEOUS POLYIMIDE PROCESSES XU, JIANGTIAN 15d
18695338 MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FOIL ENCAPSULATION OF AEROGELS AND AEROGEL COMPOSITES JACKSON, MONIQUE R 22d
19113839 COMPRESSED AEROGEL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING BERNARD, ADRIEN J
18697666 COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROVIDING IMPROVED BATTERY PERFORMANCE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL
18697712 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATE CATHODE MATERIALS USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER
18695331 MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS MERKLING, MATTHEW J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1741 1
1762 1
1788 1
1783 1
1787 1
1723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19113839 COMPRESSED AEROGEL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
18776930 AQUEOUS POLYIMIDE PROCESSES XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18736361 LAMINATES COMPRISING REINFORCED AEROGEL COMPOSITES VO, HAI 1788 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18698323 ALUMINOSILICATE AEROGELS VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §102§103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18697666 COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROVIDING IMPROVED BATTERY PERFORMANCE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18697711 PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN BATTERY SYSTEMS LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18697712 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATE CATHODE MATERIALS USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18695331 MECHANICAL BARRIER ELEMENTS WITH FLOW-THROUGH COOLING FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS MERKLING, MATTHEW J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18695338 MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FOIL ENCAPSULATION OF AEROGELS AND AEROGEL COMPOSITES JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18131010 CARBON AEROGEL-BASED ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 1723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2023

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