Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
59 pending office actions • 38 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 59 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 80 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (3%) |
| §103 only | 18 (31%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 11 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 2 | 50.9% | +45.3% |
| MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 2 | 69.7% | +41.8% |
| MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 1 | 66.7% | +23.3% |
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.8% | +35.5% |
| AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1 | 63.4% | +47.3% |
| BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 1 | 85.6% | +3.3% |
| BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 1 | 63.9% | -19.1% |
| LIU, KENDRICK X | 1 | 78.0% | +15.0% |
| LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1 | 69.9% | +31.3% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG | 1 | 90.4% | +4.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17912549 | Cyclic ether-anhydride photopolyaddition and uses thereof | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 266d overdue |
| 18692526 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A PERSONALIZED PROFILE OF STIMULATION CHARGE RATE FOR A SUBJECT USING AN ERGOMETER | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 42d overdue |
| 17628938 | IRON AND COBALT MOLECULAR COMPLEXES FOR THE SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 INTO CO, WITH FLOW CELLS | VAN, LUAN V | 38d overdue |
| 18027686 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CRYSTALLINE CONVERSION LAYER FROM A SOLUTION | QI, HUA | 8d overdue |
| 18697994 | LIGAMENT JOINT SIMULATOR | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 13d |
| 18020045 | NEUROMUSCULAR CHARACTERISATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MEASURING BENCH | TU, AURELIE H | 16d |
| 18894403 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A MICROGRID FROM A VOLTAGE DROP OR SAG OCCURRING IN A MAIN GRID CONNECTED TO SAID MICROGRID | TRAN, THAI H | 21d |
| 17781202 | LUMINESCENT ZWITTERIONIC POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17780616 | FORMING NANOWIRES | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 15d overdue |
| 17597351 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 5d |
| 17810022 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 21d |
| 19100510 | DEFLECTOMETRY METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | — |
| 19037365 | SURGICAL ADHESIVES | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — |
| 18879608 | Composite solar-control coating based on tungsten bronze nanocrystals dispersed in a silica-based sol-gel matrix | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18866883 | ESTIMATING A STATE OF ENERGY OF A BATTERY | LIU, KENDRICK X | — |
| 18866416 | PLASMA-ENHANCED DEPOSITION REACTOR | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1758 | 2 |
| 1635 | 2 |
| 1678 | 2 |
| 1619 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100510 | DEFLECTOMETRY METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19037365 | SURGICAL ADHESIVES | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18879608 | Composite solar-control coating based on tungsten bronze nanocrystals dispersed in a silica-based sol-gel matrix | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1712 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18867873 | COMPOSITION BASED ON (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUNDS | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OF AN ARTERY/TISSUE/VEIN DYNAMIC SYSTEM OF AN ORGAN IN A SURFACE SPACE | BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 3798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18866883 | ESTIMATING A STATE OF ENERGY OF A BATTERY | LIU, KENDRICK X | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866416 | PLASMA-ENHANCED DEPOSITION REACTOR | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18863011 | BACTERIAL MYELOPEROXIDASE-CATALASE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931810 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OBSERVATION OF A SPACE USING A TRACKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE | NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18860222 | AMYLOID FIBER-BASED ELECTRICITY GENERATOR | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18894403 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A MICROGRID FROM A VOLTAGE DROP OR SAG OCCURRING IN A MAIN GRID CONNECTED TO SAID MICROGRID | TRAN, THAI H | 2836 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18840176 | HETEROGENEOUS PALLETISATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18834371 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR HAVING SIDE GATES | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18727842 | DEVICE FOR NANOSCALE THERMAL MEASUREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID DEVICE | SOTO, JANICE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18723732 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POROUS MONOLITH BY A SOL-GEL PROCESS | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18721781 | BENZENE SULFONAMIDE THIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS | CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18720854 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTED GRAPE MARC, RESULTING FERMENTED GRAPE MARC AND USE THEREOF IN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS OR IN COSMECEUTICALS | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18715351 | DEVICE FOR LOADING AND PUSHING RADIOACTIVE SEEDS | YANG, YI-SHAN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18697994 | LIGAMENT JOINT SIMULATOR | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18691769 | BET INHIBITORS FOR TREATING PAB1 DEFICIENT CANCER | O DELL, DAVID K | 1621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18688894 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESISING COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS OF NANORODS | EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18293303 | THIONOLACTONES, PROCESSES OF SYNTHESIS, USES AS COMONOMERS AND FOR POLYMER FUNCTIONALIZATION AND DEGRADATION | YOON, TAE H | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18577082 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD FOR AUDIOVISUAL DELINEARIZATION | SALCE, JASON P | 2421 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18575733 | NEW DRUG APPLICATION | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18558749 | MAGNETIC HANDLING DEVICE | RODDEN, JOSHUA E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18558590 | OXYFLUORIDES, ELECTRODES CONTAINING THEM AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | RUMP, RICHARD M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18287923 | IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW GENE INVOLVED IN SEX DETERMINATION IN CUCURBITACEAE | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18286383 | NEW METALLOCENE CATALYST AND USE THEREOF | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18286252 | FOLR2+ MACROPHAGES AND ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY | CHATTIN, AMY MARIE | 1643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18259488 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING VOLUME IMAGES BY PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS | ZHAO, LEI | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18266378 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A FLOW PARAMETER OF A FLUID | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18304576 | Electronic system for monitoring the state of awareness of an operator in an aircraft, associated method and associated computer program | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18027686 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CRYSTALLINE CONVERSION LAYER FROM A SOLUTION | QI, HUA | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18020045 | NEUROMUSCULAR CHARACTERISATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MEASURING BENCH | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18014030 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING PARTS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES | TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 18146748 | NANOPHOTODETECTOR-BASED DEVICE FOR BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | §112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18084934 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE CONVERSION FACTOR BETWEEN THE VOLTAGE APPLIED TO A SYSTEM AND A PARAMETER OF SAID SYSTEM, THE OSCILLATION PERIOD BETWEEN TWO SPIN STATES AND THE EXCHANGE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO CHARGED PARTICLES AND SYSTEM THEREFOR | PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | 2896 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18011332 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER ON ONLY CERTAIN SURFACES OF A STRUCTURE | SLUTSKER, JULIA | 2891 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 18082711 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A ZIRCONIA PART TO A TITANIUM ELEMENT | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17925328 | METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME | HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 1636 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17917757 | PORTABLE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE IN THE FORM OF A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AND USES THEREOF | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17995119 | PLANTS WITH IMPROVED NEMATODE RESISTANCE | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17912549 | Cyclic ether-anhydride photopolyaddition and uses thereof | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 266d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2022 |
| 17905358 | METHOD FOR EXFOLIATING AND/OR FUNCTIONALISING LAMELLAR OBJECTS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE | DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17810022 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 1635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17781202 | LUMINESCENT ZWITTERIONIC POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | 1678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17780616 | FORMING NANOWIRES | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
| 17642634 | REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND USES | OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2022 |
| 17630052 | COMPLEMENT ACTIVE FRAGMENT-LOADED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOMATERIAL FOR DENTAL AND/OR OTHER TISSUE REGENERATION | COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jan 25, 2022 |
| 17629436 | Intra-Aneurysm Device | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jan 24, 2022 |
| 17628938 | IRON AND COBALT MOLECULAR COMPLEXES FOR THE SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 INTO CO, WITH FLOW CELLS | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Jan 21, 2022 |
| 17625351 | LIGANDS FOR CAPTURING MICROVESICLES AND USES THEREOF | NGUYEN, NAM P | 1678 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2022 |
| 17597351 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY | MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER | 1635 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 04, 2022 |
| 17614634 | Coloured material based on metal nanoparticles | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 17451082 | Robotic method for coating a multiwell plate by a polyelectrolyte multilayer film | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 17299481 | METHOD FOR LOCATING AND CHARACTERIZING BIFURCATIONS OF A CEREBRAL VASCULAR TREE, ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DEVICES | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2021 |
| 17288879 | SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES INDUCING IMMUNOGENIC CELL DEATH | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | 1658 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2021 |
| 15713347 | WIDESPREAD GENE DELIVERY TO MOTOR NEURONS USING PERIPHERAL INJECTION OF AAV VECTORS | SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR | 1632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2017 |
| 18692526 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A PERSONALIZED PROFILE OF STIMULATION CHARGE RATE FOR A SUBJECT USING AN ERGOMETER | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
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