Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1 | 74.2% | +20.6% |
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1 | 56.9% | +17.3% |
| PATEL, PRANAV N | 1 | 68.7% | +21.7% |
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.0% | +34.2% |
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF AN ADSORPTIVE MEDIA TO REMOVE PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF LIQUID CONTAMINATED WITH PFAS AND AT LEAST ONE PRECURSOR | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 56d |
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| 18365634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FLOW OF GAS HAVING CARBON DIOXIDE THEREIN | BERNS, DANIEL 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF AN ADSORPTIVE MEDIA TO REMOVE PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF LIQUID CONTAMINATED WITH PFAS AND AT LEAST ONE PRECURSOR | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 56d |
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18647730 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A SOLUTION HAVING PFAS THEREIN USING FOAM FRACTIONATION | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| 18365634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FLOW OF GAS HAVING CARBON DIOXIDE THEREIN | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 3 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1777 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18647730 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A SOLUTION HAVING PFAS THEREIN USING FOAM FRACTIONATION | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1777 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18365634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FLOW OF GAS HAVING CARBON DIOXIDE THEREIN | BERNS, DANIEL J | 1736 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18332399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF AN ADSORPTIVE MEDIA TO REMOVE PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF LIQUID CONTAMINATED WITH PFAS AND AT LEAST ONE PRECURSOR | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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