Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
51 pending office actions • 11 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 12 (24%) |
| §103 only | 13 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 6 | 63.3% | +9.2% |
| WANG, JING | 5 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 3 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
| KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 3 | 84.4% | +23.8% |
| OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 3 | 73.0% | +16.7% |
| CHOI, JAMES J | 2 | 67.8% | +45.4% |
| GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2 | 79.6% | +25.0% |
| EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 2 | 83.3% | +25.0% |
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 2 | 69.0% | +27.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273914 | Pressure Control in Vacuum Chamber of Mass Spectrometer | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 17d overdue |
| 18707137 | Ion Optical Elements and Methods of Manufacturing the Same | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
| 18694178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DECONVOLUTION FOR NON-CONTACT SAMPLE EJECTION | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685534 | Extending Operational Lifetime of a Mass Spectrometer | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2d overdue |
| 18569773 | Internal Fragment Reduction in Top Down ECD Analysis of Proteins | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 6d |
| 18696002 | Laser Induced Fragmentation for MRM Analysis | WANG, JING | 19d |
| 17999814 | MASS ANALYSIS | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 23d |
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 34d |
| 18269668 | CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE CALIBRATOR | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 53d |
| 18262852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS | STOFFA, WYATT A | 65d |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | CHOI, JAMES J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273914 | Pressure Control in Vacuum Chamber of Mass Spectrometer | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 17d overdue |
| 18685534 | Extending Operational Lifetime of a Mass Spectrometer | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2d overdue |
| 17908659 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SAMPLING DEVICE PROTECTED IN A SEPTUM PIERCING NEEDLE | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 14d |
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 34d |
| 18262852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS | STOFFA, WYATT A | 65d |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | CHOI, JAMES J | — |
| 18722148 | Natural Isotopologues Based-Mass Spectrometer Calibration | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18714355 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTRAL DATA GENERATION | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 25 |
| 2878 | 3 |
| 1678 | 2 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1684 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871844 | CARTRIDGE FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | BALL, JOHN C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | CHOI, JAMES J | 2881 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18858565 | Pseudo MS3 Strategy Employing PTR for Labelled Quantitative Proteomics | WANG, JING | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18857662 | Detection Saturation Correction and De-Coalescence by Ion Beam Modulation | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18841615 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPILLARY ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING-MASS SPECTROMETRY (CIEF-MS) ISOELECTRIC POINT (pI) CALIBRATION | WANG, JING | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18837043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ANALYSIS OF CHARGE SERIES SPECTRA | WANG, JING | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18722148 | Natural Isotopologues Based-Mass Spectrometer Calibration | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18715638 | CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING GENOME INTEGRITY | CHEN, STACY BROWN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18714355 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTRAL DATA GENERATION | STOFFA, WYATT A | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18711346 | Method for Noise Reduction and Ion Rate Estimation Using an Analog Detection System | WANG, JING | 2881 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18707137 | Ion Optical Elements and Methods of Manufacturing the Same | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18702003 | Methods and Systems for Simultaneously Generating Differential Mobility Spectrometry-Ms and -Ms/Ms Data | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18698672 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING COMPLETE DATA EXTRACTION OF DIA DATA | DO, AN H | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18698102 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING IN REAL-TIME AND USING GAUSSIAN | VANORE, DAVID A | 2878 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18696002 | Laser Induced Fragmentation for MRM Analysis | WANG, JING | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18694178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DECONVOLUTION FOR NON-CONTACT SAMPLE EJECTION | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 2881 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18693311 | Systems and Methods for Background Ion Detection in Mass Spectrometry | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18689600 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHEMICAL PEAK FINDER FOR QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICAL WORKFLOWS | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 2855 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18688485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING A QUALITY OF MASS ANALYSIS DATA GENERATED BY A MASS SPECTROMETER | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18686385 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING INFORMATION IN DDA MASS SPECTROMETRY | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18685534 | Extending Operational Lifetime of a Mass Spectrometer | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18685537 | System and Method of Driving Radio Frequency for Multipole Ion Processing Device | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18685356 | An Improved Ion Guide Bandpass Filter | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18293148 | GENERIC PEAK FINDER | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18577407 | SCOUT MRM FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18569773 | Internal Fragment Reduction in Top Down ECD Analysis of Proteins | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18569781 | Electron-Based Fragmentation Method | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18568410 | Direct Sampling from Phase-Separated Sample for Hydrophobicity Assessment | MASKELL, MICHAEL P | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18568404 | MS Calibration for OPI-MS | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18568398 | Bioanalysis Workflow with Direct Ejection from Phase-Separated Samples | SINES, BRIAN J | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18562090 | ENZYME-CONJUGATED MAGNETIC BEADS SUSPENDED IN INTERNAL STANDARD BUFFER | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18558592 | IMPROVEMENTS TO PEAK INTEGRATION BY INTEGRATION PARAMETER ITERATION | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18286942 | Native Fluorescence Detection for Protein Analysis in Capillary Electrophoresis | HAQ, SHAFIQUL | 1678 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18283367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMIDITY AND/OR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18283318 | Differential Mobility Spectrometer/Mass Spectrometer Interface With Greater Than 10 L/Min Transport Gas Flow | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18281722 | System and Method for Variable FFT Analysis Windows in Mass Spectrometry | CHOI, JAMES J | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18280542 | Bifurcated Mass Spectrometer | CHANG, HANWAY | 2878 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18264613 | AFFINITY SELECTION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY WORKFLOW USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES | WECKER, JENNIFER | 1684 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18262852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 65d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18262829 | LIQUID FLOW/AIR FLOW COMBINATION FOR SAMPLE TRANSPORT | FISHER, BRITTANY I | 1796 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18273914 | Pressure Control in Vacuum Chamber of Mass Spectrometer | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18269668 | CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE CALIBRATOR | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18036461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED MASS ANALYSIS INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18036485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A FLUID SAMPLE | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18019546 | Systems and Methods for Separating Compounds of Similar Mass by Differential Mobility Spectrometry | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18016173 | Electron Activation Dissociation Reaction Device with Ion Isolation Functionality in Mass Spectrometry | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17999814 | MASS ANALYSIS | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17908659 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SAMPLING DEVICE PROTECTED IN A SEPTUM PIERCING NEEDLE | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 1678 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 17755597 | Method of Mass Analysis - SWATH with Orthogonal Fragmentation Methodology | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17753034 | LC Issue Diagnosis from Pressure Trace Using Machine Learning | JEONG, YOUNGSUL | 1772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2022 |
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