Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cataler Corporation

10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (80%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (70%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
90% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 2 65.9% +35.2%
DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1 54.5% +55.6%
NGUYEN, CAM N 1 84.8% +12.1%
OHARA, BRIAN R 1 79.0% +9.3%
BERNS, DANIEL J 1 73.0% +34.1%
SINGH, DAPINDER 1 82.3% +18.8%
FORREST, MICHAEL 1 59.2% +13.4%
NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1 79.0% +6.7%
PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 1 70.6% +33.3%

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
18031900 Hydrocarbon Adsorption Device SINGH, DAPINDER 11d overdue
18355016 EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 12d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17912151 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 23d overdue
18031900 Hydrocarbon Adsorption Device SINGH, DAPINDER 11d overdue
17912140 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 10d overdue
18014273 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST SYSTEM FORREST, MICHAEL 6d
18355016 EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 12d
18032614 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE BERNS, DANIEL J 12d
18718912 RING TRAY FOR HONEYCOMB SUBSTRATE FIRING DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 33d
17801349 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1736 3
1732 2
1741 1
1724 1
3746 1
1738 1
1774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18718912 RING TRAY FOR HONEYCOMB SUBSTRATE FIRING DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1741 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18355016 EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18334471 CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL OHARA, BRIAN R 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18032614 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE BERNS, DANIEL J 1736 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18031900 Hydrocarbon Adsorption Device SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18014273 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST SYSTEM FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18013773 HONEYCOMB SUBSTRATE HOLDER NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Dec 29, 2022
17912140 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 1736 §102 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17912151 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17801349 EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST DEVICE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Aug 22, 2022

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