Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Gelest Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (17%)
4
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 2 71.9% +20.7%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.7% +28.6%
CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1 62.1% -16.2%
MOORE, MARGARET G 1 68.0% +15.0%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.2%

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19174221 LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILMS USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18197150 N-ALKYL SUBSTITUTED CYCLIC AND OLIGOMERIC PERHYDRIDOSILAZANES, METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF, AND SILICON NITRIDE FILMS FORMED THEREFROM BAKSHI, PANCHAM 121d overdue
18088843 AZASTANNATRANES, STANNATRANES, AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 5d
19174221 LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILMS USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
18821200 TIN COMPOUND, TIN COMPOSITION, PRODUCING METHODS THEREOF, RESIST SOLUTION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, THIN FILM, PATTERNED THIN FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH
18407712 SILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR LOWER TEMPERATURE ADHESION MOORE, MARGARET G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 2
1718 1
1711 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19174221 LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILMS USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2025
19000069 METHOD FOR CLEANING AN APPARATUS FOR A TIN COMPOUND AND THE CLEANED APPARATUS OBTAINED THEREBY CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18821200 TIN COMPOUND, TIN COMPOSITION, PRODUCING METHODS THEREOF, RESIST SOLUTION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, THIN FILM, PATTERNED THIN FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18407712 SILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR LOWER TEMPERATURE ADHESION MOORE, MARGARET G §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18197150 N-ALKYL SUBSTITUTED CYCLIC AND OLIGOMERIC PERHYDRIDOSILAZANES, METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF, AND SILICON NITRIDE FILMS FORMED THEREFROM BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18088843 AZASTANNATRANES, STANNATRANES, AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 27, 2022

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