Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
28 pending office actions • 14 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beckman Coulter Inc. has 27 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 25 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with repeated activity within some technical groups.
AKANBI, ISIAKA O is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner relationship merits focused review, but the broader profile is not concentrated around one individual.
The difference between examiner and art-unit coverage means that some chemistry and materials matters share a technical grouping while proceeding before different examiners. Counsel should use art-unit analysis to identify common issues, then tailor claim amendments and prior-art responses to each examiner.
Portfolio-level coordination can improve consistency in scientific disclosures and terminology. It should be paired with matter-specific prosecution planning because technical similarity does not establish identical examiner treatment.
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.
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.
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 | 5 (18%) |
| §103 only | 8 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2 | 76.6% | +22.9% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 2 | 61.2% | +51.6% |
| SHAHNAMI, AMIR | 1 | 82.1% | +9.8% |
| BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 1 | 39.7% | +35.7% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.5% | +9.9% |
| LEWIS, LISA C | 1 | 80.8% | +15.5% |
| PICHLER, MARIN | 1 | 63.4% | +9.6% |
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1 | 65.3% | +42.6% |
| EYASSU, MARRIT | 1 | 74.2% | +15.0% |
| SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1 | 63.0% | +17.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19346269 | SUBSTANCE DISPENSE EVALUATION SYSTEM | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | — |
| 19209993 | PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRY | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
| 19057912 | SELECTIVELY DE-IDENTIFYING DATA | LEWIS, LISA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18096449 | Method of Detecting Viral Infection Using Primary and Secondary Hematology Parameters | ROSSI, VY BUI | 27d |
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 34d |
| 19164563 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TYPE INDICATOR | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | — |
| 18849176 | COVER GLASS THICKNESS CORRECTION BY TUBE LENS PLACEMENT | PICHLER, MARIN | — |
| 18832178 | METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND SERVICE OF A MODULE IN A LABORATORY WORKSTATION | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| 18750704 | FLUID TRANSFER IN A BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM | EYASSU, MARRIT | — |
| 18715063 | SAMPLE PREPARATION VALIDATION | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| 18662587 | METHOD FOR ARCHIVING A SAMPLE TUBE, METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A SAMPLE AND TUBE RACK | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 34d |
| 19164563 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TYPE INDICATOR | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | — |
| 19057912 | SELECTIVELY DE-IDENTIFYING DATA | LEWIS, LISA C | — |
| 18939263 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | — |
| 18938138 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | — |
| 18832178 | METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND SERVICE OF A MODULE IN A LABORATORY WORKSTATION | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| 18750704 | FLUID TRANSFER IN A BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM | EYASSU, MARRIT | — |
| 18715063 | SAMPLE PREPARATION VALIDATION | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 5 |
| 2877 | 3 |
| 1797 | 3 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1799 | 2 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19346269 | SUBSTANCE DISPENSE EVALUATION SYSTEM | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19164563 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TYPE INDICATOR | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19209993 | PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRY | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2877 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19057912 | SELECTIVELY DE-IDENTIFYING DATA | LEWIS, LISA C | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18939263 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18938138 | FLOW CYTOMETER | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18849176 | COVER GLASS THICKNESS CORRECTION BY TUBE LENS PLACEMENT | PICHLER, MARIN | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18832178 | METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND SERVICE OF A MODULE IN A LABORATORY WORKSTATION | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18750704 | FLUID TRANSFER IN A BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM | EYASSU, MARRIT | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18715063 | SAMPLE PREPARATION VALIDATION | SIEFKE, SAMUEL P | 1758 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18662587 | METHOD FOR ARCHIVING A SAMPLE TUBE, METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A SAMPLE AND TUBE RACK | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18640928 | SAMPLE TUBE, SAMPLE TUBE CLOSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLOSING A SAMPLE TUBE | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18696125 | WATER-SOLUBLE TETRAHYDROPYRENE BASED FLUORESCENT POLYMERS | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18542333 | ANALOG LIGHT MEASURING AND PHOTON COUNTING IN CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18521649 | AUTOMATIC QUALITY CHECK FOR LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18559296 | CONTROL OF pH IN PARALLEL CULTURE WELLS | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1798 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18559303 | CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR MICROBIOREACTOR | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1799 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18559310 | CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR MICROBIOREACTOR | HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18224953 | FLOWCELL HOLDER AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18262559 | NOZZLE, CARRIER, NOZZLE ASSEMBLY, AND SAMPLE PROCESSOR | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18209265 | SETTING CLOTTING TIME FOR BLOOD SAMPLES | SINES, BRIAN J | 1796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18254630 | CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF CUVETTES IN AUTOMATED CHEMICAL ANALYZERS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18038518 | MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18037428 | ANTIMICROBIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING USING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS | DARRIGRAND, EMILY ANN | 1686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18096449 | Method of Detecting Viral Infection Using Primary and Secondary Hematology Parameters | ROSSI, VY BUI | 1685 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18014194 | AUTOMATED SAMPLE PREPARATION PLATFORM FOR CELLULAR ANALYSIS | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
| 17772269 | RAPID, HIGH-INTENSITY CHEMILUMINESCENT DIOXETANES | ADAMS, MICHELLE | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17761172 | AUTOMATED REAGENT IDENTIFICATION FOR FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBeckman Coulter Inc. has 28 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 26 examiners.
Isiaka O Akanbi has the most, with 2 of Beckman Coulter Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
