Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Essenlix Corporation has 11 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions involve 11 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, showing complete examiner dispersion with repeated art-unit assignments.
MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Examiner-specific concentration is not present in the data. Counsel may gain more from comparing claim treatment across the repeated art units while tailoring arguments to each individual examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 1 | 68.8% | +28.0% |
| NGUYEN, SANG H | 1 | 88.7% | +11.6% |
| WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | 1 | 58.0% | +48.4% |
| LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1 | 64.0% | +53.7% |
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 31.1% | +64.4% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.4% | +19.8% |
| MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 1 | 69.1% | +27.6% |
| CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 80.7% | +22.4% |
| THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 1 | 73.1% | +13.2% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1 | 61.2% | +51.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19215574 | MULTI-MODE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SANG H | — |
| 17713198 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE AND CELL STAINING | CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18214811 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXAMINING DRUG EFFECTS ON MICROORGANISMS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 24d overdue |
| 17616178 | FAST STAINING OF BIOMATERIALS ENHANCED BY IMAGE PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 8d |
| 19232083 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SAMPLE HOLDER AND ANALYSIS, PARTICULARLY FOR HEMOGLOBIN | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | — |
| 18697622 | Assay Sample Preparation for Reagent Uniformity, Particularly Blood | WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | — |
| 18387006 | PRESS SYSTEM FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 17776979 | RAPID INTRA-CELLULAR ASSAY AND USE OF THE SAME | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | — |
| 16172465 | Compact Illuminator, Imaging and Systems and the Use of the Same | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18214811 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXAMINING DRUG EFFECTS ON MICROORGANISMS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 24d overdue |
| 17616178 | FAST STAINING OF BIOMATERIALS ENHANCED BY IMAGE PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 8d |
| 19232083 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SAMPLE HOLDER AND ANALYSIS, PARTICULARLY FOR HEMOGLOBIN | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | — |
| 19215574 | MULTI-MODE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SANG H | — |
| 18697622 | Assay Sample Preparation for Reagent Uniformity, Particularly Blood | WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | — |
| 18416792 | ASSAYING CELLS AND NON-CELL ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE IN PARALLEL | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | — |
| 18387006 | PRESS SYSTEM FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 17776979 | RAPID INTRA-CELLULAR ASSAY AND USE OF THE SAME | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1677 | 2 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232083 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SAMPLE HOLDER AND ANALYSIS, PARTICULARLY FOR HEMOGLOBIN | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 2877 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19215574 | MULTI-MODE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 18697622 | Assay Sample Preparation for Reagent Uniformity, Particularly Blood | WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18416792 | ASSAYING CELLS AND NON-CELL ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE IN PARALLEL | LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT | 1677 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18387006 | PRESS SYSTEM FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18214811 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXAMINING DRUG EFFECTS ON MICROORGANISMS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 17776979 | RAPID INTRA-CELLULAR ASSAY AND USE OF THE SAME | MONTGOMERY, ANN Y | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17713198 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE AND CELL STAINING | CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1677 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
| 17616178 | FAST STAINING OF BIOMATERIALS ENHANCED BY IMAGE PROCESSING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 2672 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Dec 02, 2021 |
| 16172465 | Compact Illuminator, Imaging and Systems and the Use of the Same | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialEssenlix Corporation has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.
Alexandria Arellano Mendoza has the most, with 1 of Essenlix Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
