Ebara Corporation

Portfolio Summary

53

Total Pending OAs

34

Non-Final OAs

18

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

23

Overdue

3

Due this week

16

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

3

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. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (23)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (3)

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.

1

Hard (2%)

48

Medium (91%)

2

Easy (4%)

2

Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	45 (85%)
§102 only	3 (6%)
§112 only	2 (4%)
No statute on record	2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

17

Life Sciences

32% of docket

4

Information Tech

8% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

1

Semiconductors

2% of docket

31

Mechanical / Eng

58% 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.

530 h

Manual time on pending OAs

106 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

186 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

4.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	4	56.1%	+41.3%
WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S	3	54.1%	+18.9%
HASKE, WOJCIECH	2	72.8%	+17.9%
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L	2	74.0%	+14.7%
ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J	2	88.4%	+21.6%
HUANG, STEVEN	2	47.3%	+38.0%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN	2	66.7%	+50.0%
SALONE, BAYAN	1	76.0%	+17.2%
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA	1	35.6%	+46.3%
MURPHY, KEVIN F	1	67.7%	+27.9%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18395059	SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J	8d
18395191	SUBSTRATE POLISHING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J	8d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17340548	POLISHING METHOD, POLISHING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	POON, DANA LEE	12d

Interview Candidates (20)

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
18323658	APPARATUS FOR POLISHING AND METHOD OF POLISHING	CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	60d overdue
18311421	PROCESSING SYSTEM, PAD TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, LIQUID-RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POLISHING APPARATUS	HUANG, STEVEN	60d overdue
18817396	PASSAGE SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST GAS TO ABATEMENT APPARATUS	MURPHY, KEVIN F	45d overdue
18858782	PUMP INSTALLATION APPARATUS, PUMP INSTALLATION METHOD, PUMP REMOVING METHOD	SALONE, BAYAN	29d overdue
17923080	PLATING APPARATUS	WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S	28d overdue
17797030	PLATING APPARATUS	SYLVESTER, KEVIN	16d overdue
19215078	PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD	HASKE, WOJCIECH	15d overdue
19075214	PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD	HASKE, WOJCIECH	15d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3723	13
3745	5
1794	4
1795	4
1716	3
3753	2
3746	2
2115	2
3726	1
1754	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18858782	PUMP INSTALLATION APPARATUS, PUMP INSTALLATION METHOD, PUMP REMOVING METHOD	SALONE, BAYAN	3726	§103	Non-Final OA	29d overdue	Pending	Jul 25, 2025
19215078	PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD	HASKE, WOJCIECH	1794	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	May 21, 2025
19075214	PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD	HASKE, WOJCIECH	1794	Other	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Mar 10, 2025
19066688	AM APPARATUS	GROUX, JENNIFER LILA	1754	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Feb 28, 2025
18817396	PASSAGE SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST GAS TO ABATEMENT APPARATUS	MURPHY, KEVIN F	3753	§103	Final Rejection	45d overdue	Pending	Aug 28, 2024
18834508	PUMP UNIT	PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L	3746	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Jul 30, 2024
18556870	MOTOR PUMP	KASTURE, DNYANESH G	3700	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Apr 16, 2024
18698937	IMPELLER AND PUMP	LANGE, ERIC A	3783	§103	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Apr 05, 2024
18686281	MOTOR PUMP	PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L	3746	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Feb 23, 2024
18683735	SUBSTRATE CLEANING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS	KARLS, SHAY LYNN	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Feb 14, 2024
18441851	METHOD OF INFLATING ELASTIC MEMBRANE OF POLISHING HEAD, AND POLISHING HEAD SYSTEM	SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	54d	Pending	Feb 14, 2024
18683337	BUFFER GATE, PUMP CARRYING-IN METHOD, AND PUMP PULLING-UP METHOD	CARY, KELSEY E	3753	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18683004	INTEGRALLY-TRANSPORTABLE PURGE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USING THE INTEGRALLY-TRANSPORTABLE PURGE CONTAINER	ZEC, FILIP	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18681950	POWER FEEDING APPARATUS AND POWER FEEDING METHOD FOR SUBMERSIBLE PUMP	ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Feb 07, 2024
18681592	ELEVATING APPARATUS, PUMP CARRYING-IN METHOD, PUMP PULLING-UP METHOD	HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R	3672	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Feb 06, 2024
18294730	POLISHING APPARATUS AND POLISHING END POINT DETECTION METHOD IN POLISHING APPARATUS	DION, MARCEL T	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Feb 02, 2024
18419952	ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD FOR PRESET SPECTRUM DATA FOR USE IN MEASURING FILM THICKNESS, AND OPTICAL FILM-THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS	BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE	2877	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Jan 23, 2024
18396256	SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Dec 26, 2023
18395059	SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J	3745	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Dec 22, 2023
18395191	SUBSTRATE POLISHING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J	3745	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Dec 22, 2023
18394735	SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD	GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE	1714	§103	Non-Final OA	121d overdue	Pending	Dec 22, 2023
18572138	TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS	MCCLAIN, GERALD	3652	§103	Final Rejection	5d	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18529730	INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	WANG, ZHIPENG	2115	§102	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Dec 05, 2023
18528713	POLISHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PRESSURE CONTROL UNIT	FLORES, JUAN G	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	36d	Pending	Dec 04, 2023
18527118	SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J	2117	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 01, 2023
18525309	METHOD FOR CALCULATING THROUGHPUT IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT	NGUYEN, BAO LONG T	3656	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18565046	METHOD OF CREATING RESPONSIVENESS PROFILE OF POLISHING RATE OF WORKPIECE, POLISHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY	3723	Other	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Nov 28, 2023
18554643	POLISHING METHOD, AND POLISHING APPARATUS	CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Oct 10, 2023
18475188	POLISHING APPARATUS	CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	3723	§103	Final Rejection	62d	Pending	Sep 26, 2023
18237263	POLISHING HEAD SYSTEM AND POLISHING METHOD	CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Aug 23, 2023
18363815	GAS SOLUTION SUPPLY APPARATUS	BUI, DUNG H	1773	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Aug 02, 2023
18272941	SURFACE PROPERTY MEASURING APPARATUS FOR POLISHING PAD, SURFACE PROPERTY MEASURING METHOD FOR POLISHING PAD, AND SURFACE PROPERTY JUDGING METHOD FOR POLISHING PAD	HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Jul 18, 2023
18258828	DED NOZZLE FOR USE WITH AN AM APPARATUS AND ADAPTER DETACHABLY ATTACHABLE TO A DED NOZZLE	WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Jun 22, 2023
18323658	APPARATUS FOR POLISHING AND METHOD OF POLISHING	CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	3723	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	May 25, 2023
18324132	METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LIFE OF POLISHING PAD AND POLISHING DEVICE	FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT	2115	§103	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	May 25, 2023
18311421	PROCESSING SYSTEM, PAD TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, LIQUID-RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POLISHING APPARATUS	HUANG, STEVEN	3723	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	May 03, 2023
18034350	HEAD FOR HOLDING SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS	MACARTHUR, SYLVIA	1716	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Apr 27, 2023
18140556	PLATING APPARATUS	WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S	1795	§103	Final Rejection	75d	Pending	Apr 27, 2023
18027588	SUBSTRATE HOLDER, APPARATUS FOR PLATING, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR PLATING	JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA	1795	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
17927315	PUMP CASING AND PUMP APPARATUS	REITZ, MICHAEL K.	3745	§103	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Mar 03, 2023
18041256	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS	EMPIE, NATHAN H	1712	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Feb 10, 2023
18017645	LEAKAGE DETERMINATION METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS	WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S	1795	§103	Final Rejection	6d	Pending	Jan 23, 2023
18067841	ABATEMENT APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS	SHAO, PHILLIP Y	1776	§103	Non-Final OA	50d	Pending	Dec 19, 2022
18080252	METHOD OF RAISING POLISHING HEAD AFTER POLISHING OF WORKPIECE, POLISHING APPARATUS FOR WORKPIECE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	HUANG, STEVEN	3723	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Dec 13, 2022
18075439	SUBSTRATE CLEANING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE POLISHING DEVICE	CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES	3723	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2022
17923126	PLATING APPARATUS	SYLVESTER, KEVIN	1794	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Nov 03, 2022
17997839	AM APPARATUS AND AM METHOD	JANSSEN, REBECCA	1733	§103	Final Rejection	43d overdue	Pending	Nov 03, 2022
17923080	PLATING APPARATUS	WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S	1795	§103	Final Rejection	28d overdue	Pending	Nov 03, 2022
17797030	PLATING APPARATUS	SYLVESTER, KEVIN	1794	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Aug 02, 2022
17419029	POLISHING RECIPE DETERMINATION DEVICE	DEVORE, CHRISTOPHER DILLON	2129	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Feb 07, 2022
17432284	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING PHOTOCATALYST	MOORE, KARLA A	1716	§103	Final Rejection	50d	Pending	Aug 19, 2021
17340548	POLISHING METHOD, POLISHING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	POON, DANA LEE	3723	§101	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Jun 07, 2021
16207958	POLISHING APPARATUS AND POLISHING METHOD	KLUNK, MARGARET D	1716	§112	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Dec 03, 2018

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