Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
71 pending office actions • 49 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days
Battelle Memorial Institute maintains a portfolio with 65 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 47 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical scope for the company's current patent applications. The prosecution involves 62 distinct examiners, which means that almost every one of the 65 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office.
MELENDEZ, ARMAND is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This low concentration, where 62 distinct examiners handle 65 pending office actions, suggests that the company's outcomes are subject to a vast array of individual examiner perspectives. Navigating 47 distinct art units further highlights the complexity of the portfolio, as it requires coordination across many different specialized divisions within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 6 (8%) |
| §103 only | 17 (24%) |
| §112 only | 5 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 38 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 2 | 46.2% | +43.1% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 2 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| KIM, EUN HWA | 2 | 72.3% | +38.3% |
| NGUYEN, HOANG V | 1 | 90.9% | +6.2% |
| PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 1 | 79.3% | +12.7% |
| JEAN, FRANTZ B | 1 | 90.2% | +8.3% |
| MURATA, AUSTIN | 1 | 60.9% | +21.2% |
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.7% | +20.0% |
| SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1 | 72.4% | +11.5% |
| VASISTH, VISHAL V | 1 | 72.3% | +33.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19092041 | BROADBAND RADIO FREQUENCY IMAGING SURFACE | JEAN, FRANTZ B | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17313707 | PATHOGEN TESTING | ROSSI, VY BUI | 87d overdue |
| 17143244 | FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 73d overdue |
| 17891153 | Amidoxime Functionalized Polymers Loaded with Alkyl Amines, Methods of Making, And CO2 Capture Using Same | CHU, YONG LIANG | 42d overdue |
| 18134773 | Sulfur-Doped Tin Oxide Catalysts for Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Aqueous Formate/Formic Acid Solutions | KEELING, ALEXANDER W | 31d overdue |
| 18513392 | VARIABLE THICKNESS EXTRUSION FOR VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PRODUCT PROPERTIES | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 30d overdue |
| 18244814 | EXTRUSION WITH SPECIFIABLE OR VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 30d overdue |
| 18198530 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA | 26d overdue |
| 18099550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF WATER AND CO2 | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 23d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18513392 | VARIABLE THICKNESS EXTRUSION FOR VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PRODUCT PROPERTIES | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 30d overdue |
| 18244814 | EXTRUSION WITH SPECIFIABLE OR VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 30d overdue |
| 17946115 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS | KIM, EUN HWA | 5d |
| 18978287 | FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW) APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 33d |
| 18806408 | FRICTION EXTRUSION OF POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH HIGH FILLER CONTENT | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 34d |
| 18885988 | MANUFACTURING AND RECYCLING OF PLASTICS VIA SHEAR ASSISTED PROCESSING | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 54d |
| 18368785 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC GARMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | KIM, EUN HWA | 70d |
| 19194115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING ADAPTIVE LIBRARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE SPECTRAL DATA | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 2881 | 2 |
| 3648 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 1678 | 2 |
| 3725 | 2 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196520 | TRAVELLING WAVE ANTENNA DESIGN | NGUYEN, HOANG V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19194115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING ADAPTIVE LIBRARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE SPECTRAL DATA | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19092041 | BROADBAND RADIO FREQUENCY IMAGING SURFACE | JEAN, FRANTZ B | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19049896 | Formulations Containing Biologically Prepared Fibers | MURATA, AUSTIN | 1712 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18876325 | THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS HAVING CERAMIC COATINGS OPTIONALLY WITH METAL CARBIDE COATINGS | HORGER, KIM S. | 1717 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18978287 | FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW) APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18929391 | TANTALUM CATALYST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | VASISTH, VISHAL V | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18902135 | POLYMER NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | PIPIC, ALMA | 1617 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18900525 | SORBENT MEMBRANES WITH CONDUCTIVE LAYER FOR EFFICIENT SORBENT REGENERATION | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18894296 | RADIO FREQUENCY APERTURE WITH COOLING ASSEMBLY | TRAN, PABLO N | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18892177 | METHODS FOR CREATING LINKAGE OF MULTIPLE VIRAL VECTORS FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY | BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER | 1631 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18885988 | MANUFACTURING AND RECYCLING OF PLASTICS VIA SHEAR ASSISTED PROCESSING | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18822365 | Techniques for Determining Active Ingredient (AI) Volatility for Agricultural Spray Solutions | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2024 |
| 18806408 | FRICTION EXTRUSION OF POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH HIGH FILLER CONTENT | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18797019 | PLASMA MODIFICATION OF ADHESIVE AND SUBSTRATE SURFACES FOR USE IN ADHESIVE JOINT APPLICATIONS | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18793394 | MULTI-AXIS SHEAR-ASSISTED EXTRUSION MACHINE | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18766303 | Plant Supplement Delivery Assemblies, Plant Supplement Delivery Assembly Inserts, and Methods for Delivering Plant Supplements | TRAN, ZOE T | 3647 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18754480 | ARTICULATING LEAF SPRING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY | KING, BRADLEY T | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18732463 | Riveted Assemblies and Methods for Riveting Components | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18680840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED FOAM STREAMS USING REACTIVE METAL OXIDES | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680826 | ELECTROCHEMICAL LEACHING FOR NUTRIENT DELIVERY IN WATER | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18649688 | CRY PROTEIN CRYSTALS AND METHODS OF USE | JOHNSON, TIRONE DEREK | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18648564 | X-RAY BAGGAGE AND PARCEL INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH EFFICIENT THIRD-PARTY IMAGE PROCESSING | HO, ALLEN C | 2884 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18634202 | ROBOTIC VEHICLE SENSOR SYSTEM TO TRACK PERSONNEL | HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18696275 | ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM ION AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES | BERNATZ, KEVIN M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18611827 | SYSTEM FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18608540 | LITHIUM-ION BATTERY WITH LOCALIZED HIGH CONCENTRATION ELECTROLYTE | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18605570 | EXTRUSION FEEDSTOCK AND PRODUCT THEREOF INCLUDING EXTRUDABLE ALUMINUM SCRAP | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18292323 | CATALYST AND METHOD EMBODIMENTS FOR MAKING PARA-XYLENE AND ORTHO-XYLENE | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18413325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DELETERIOUS MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN HYDROGEN RESERVOIRS | IVICH, FERNANDO NMN | 1678 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18577976 | THIN, FLEXIBLE, TUNABLE INFRARED EMISSIVITY BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18404832 | CONCEPT AND METHOD FOR LARGE ION POPULATION SPACE CHARGE DRIVEN ION MOBILITY SEPARATIONS | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18521232 | IDENTIFICATION OF TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH DNA SAMPLES USING EPIGENETIC-BASED PATTERNS DETECTED VIA MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING | MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18513392 | VARIABLE THICKNESS EXTRUSION FOR VARIABLE EXTRUDATE PRODUCT PROPERTIES | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18505959 | SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION WITH CROSSLINKED BRANCHED POLYMER FOR USE IN BATTERIES | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18491597 | Autoinjectors Having Advanced Release and Sound Features | PONTON, JAMES D | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18368785 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC GARMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | KIM, EUN HWA | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18244814 | EXTRUSION WITH SPECIFIABLE OR VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18549371 | Systems and Methods for Non-Destructive Detection of Hardware Anomalies | HAJIABBASI, AMIR MAHDI | 2407 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18359300 | DETECTION OF AIRBORNE ANALYTES USING IMPRINTED MICELLES | DUNN, MCKENZIE A | 1678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18352448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING THE TRANSPORT OF GROUND CONTAMINANTS IN AN AQUIFER | BONSHOCK, DENNIS G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18332544 | ACOUSTIC AQUATIC TRACKING TRANSMITTER | GORDON, BRYAN P | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18198530 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA | 2669 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18134773 | Sulfur-Doped Tin Oxide Catalysts for Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Aqueous Formate/Formic Acid Solutions | KEELING, ALEXANDER W | 1795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18133749 | Imaging Systems and Imaging Methods | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18030166 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DATA | KRASNIC, BERNARD | 2671 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18121069 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT EXTRACTION USING PARALLELIZED TILE IMAGE PROCESSING | SOUNDRANAYAGAM, RAYAPPU NMN | 2851 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18121563 | EXTRUSION PROCESSES, FEEDSTOCK MATERIALS, CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AND/OR ASSEMBLIES | ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18177586 | INDIUM ZINC-BASED ALLOY ANODES FORMING POROUS STRUCTURE FOR AQUEOUS ZINC BATTERIES | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18018468 | ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY BASED METHOD FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY GARMENT | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 18099550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF WATER AND CO2 | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18065307 | IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER | BAUSCH, SARAE L | 1699 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17927076 | COMPENSATING FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DISRUPTIONS | DAVIS, CYNTHIA L | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17963732 | Allelotyping Methods for Massively Parallel Sequencing | WOITACH, JOSEPH T | 1672 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
| 17946115 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS | KIM, EUN HWA | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17906560 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION | CHO, DAVID H | 1693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17945447 | LITHIUM-METAL COMPATIBLE SOLID ELECTROLYTES FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY | BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS | 1726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
| 17891153 | Amidoxime Functionalized Polymers Loaded with Alkyl Amines, Methods of Making, And CO2 Capture Using Same | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17882263 | GUIDED REHABILITATION TO RELEARN MOTOR CONTROL USING NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
| 17843392 | ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM EXTRACTION FOR BATTERY MATERIALS | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17825217 | System, Emanation Generator, and Process for Production of High-Purity Therapeutic Radioisotopes | DICKINSON, PAUL W | 1618 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17751003 | DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17580306 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LITHIUM PHOSPHATE SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTES | MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 17552340 | NONFLAMMABLE ELECTROLYTES | LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Dec 15, 2021 |
| 17507432 | AIR-STABLE SOLID-STATE SULFIDE ELECTROLYTE | NEWMAN, DREW C | 1751 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 17389437 | SLEEVE WITH CONFIGURABLE ELECTRODES FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND/OR ELECTROMYOGRAPHY | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 30, 2021 |
| 17313707 | PATHOGEN TESTING | ROSSI, VY BUI | 1685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
| 17231273 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER | CORNET, JEAN P | 1628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Apr 15, 2021 |
| 17174257 | Autonomous Sensor Fish to Support Advanced Hydropower Development | CULLER, JILL E | 2853 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2021 |
| 17143244 | FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2021 |
| 17021319 | NANOLITER-SCALE SAMPLE PROCESSING AND MASS SPECTROMETRY ACQUISITION METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PROTEOMICS | TSAY, MARSHA M | 1656 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Sep 15, 2020 |
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