Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
46 pending office actions • 26 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 113 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanwha Corporation currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates some concentration in the prosecution of the portfolio, as the number of pending actions exceeds the number of examiners and art units involved. FELTON, AILEEN BAKER is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions.
The 2 pending office actions assigned to FELTON, AILEEN BAKER account for a majority of the company's active prosecution. The remaining pending action is handled by another of the 2 distinct examiners. With only 2 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions, there is a likelihood of encountering similar technical review standards across the portfolio. Practitioners should note that FELTON, AILEEN BAKER has a significant influence on the current Chemistry & Materials filings for Hanwha Corporation as this examiner handles 2 of the 3 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 4 (9%) |
| §103 only | 20 (43%) |
| §102 only | 4 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 2 | 40.3% | +45.4% |
| KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 2 | 33.3% | +29.9% |
| PALL, CHARLES J | 1 | 54.4% | +17.9% |
| GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.5% | +12.1% |
| BECK, LERON | 1 | 80.2% | +11.0% |
| SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 1 | 82.9% | +9.7% |
| MARSH, STEVEN M | 1 | 79.5% | +7.9% |
| DANIELS, ANTHONY J | 1 | 79.8% | +16.7% |
| KOROMA, SORIE IBRAHIM | 1 | — | — |
| SELLERS, DANIEL R | 1 | 68.3% | +17.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079434 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK ON BASIS OF QUANTIZATION PARAMETER | BECK, LERON | — |
| 19070429 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL COEFFICIENT | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999086 | Hybrid Catalyst Composition, Catalyst Comprising the Same, and Processes for Preparing the Same | LEE, RIP A | 92d overdue |
| 18724412 | OBJECT SEARCH VIA RE-RANKING | HICKS, SHIRLEY D. | 74d overdue |
| 18254889 | APPARATUS FOR BANDING AND PEELING CONNECTOR RIBBON | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 22d overdue |
| 18833259 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING INSULATION STATE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING INSULATION STATE BY USING SAME | RODAK, LEE E | 13d |
| 17789450 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANE DICARBOXYLIC ACID | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 26d |
| 19268340 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | PALL, CHARLES J | — |
| 18913484 | CAMERA FOR PROVIDING AUDIO INFORMATION AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUDIO INFORMATION | SELLERS, DANIEL R | — |
| 18789765 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY AND REDUCING DATA THROUGHPUT | KUDO, KEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17773443 | POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED CRYSTALLIZATION SPEED, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 170d overdue |
| 18003326 | PLASTICIZER COMPOSITION AND VINYLCHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 71d overdue |
| 18951138 | IP CAMERA WITH INBUILT SSD STORAGE AND IP CAMERA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | DANIELS, ANTHONY J | 14d |
| 17789456 | METHOD FOR PREPARING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 21d |
| 17789450 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANE DICARBOXYLIC ACID | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 26d |
| 19268340 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | PALL, CHARLES J | — |
| 19225435 | CAMERA, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COUNTING VEHICLE MOVEMENT | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — |
| 19079434 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK ON BASIS OF QUANTIZATION PARAMETER | BECK, LERON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 4 |
| 1692 | 3 |
| 2482 | 2 |
| 2637 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 2487 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| 2671 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19268340 | PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | PALL, CHARLES J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19225435 | CAMERA, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COUNTING VEHICLE MOVEMENT | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 3665 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19079434 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK ON BASIS OF QUANTIZATION PARAMETER | BECK, LERON | 2487 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19070429 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL COEFFICIENT | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18960218 | CAMERA FIXING DEVICE | MARSH, STEVEN M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18951138 | IP CAMERA WITH INBUILT SSD STORAGE AND IP CAMERA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | DANIELS, ANTHONY J | 2637 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18934348 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS | KOROMA, SORIE IBRAHIM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18913484 | CAMERA FOR PROVIDING AUDIO INFORMATION AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUDIO INFORMATION | SELLERS, DANIEL R | 2694 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18789765 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY AND REDUCING DATA THROUGHPUT | KUDO, KEN | 2671 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18778984 | LOGISTICS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BY USING CAMERA | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2024 |
| 18724412 | OBJECT SEARCH VIA RE-RANKING | HICKS, SHIRLEY D. | 2168 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 74d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18601362 | AUTOFOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND CAMERA DEVICE USING SAME | PHAM, QUAN L | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18392712 | POSTURE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | CHANG, FANG-CHI | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 19202358 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMULATING BIDDING STRATEGY BASED ON PHOTOVOLTATIC POWER GENERATION | FU, HAO | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19127560 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SOLAR MODULES | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19091164 | LOW POWER RELAY DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND LOW POWER RELAY DEVICE | YEAMAN, JAMES G | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19090531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING PLAUSIBILITY OF ANALOG INPUT DATA | JOO, JEANU | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19086316 | CONTINUOUS CASSETTE SUPPLY APPARATUS | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19060006 | INSPECTION APPARATUS | LUU, THANH X | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18859404 | METHOD FOR DETECTING WHETHER THERE IS ISLANDING AND POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING SAME | SHAH, NEEL D | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18821063 | COATING AGENT FOR ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER OF INVERTED PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL, AND INVERTED PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL CONTAINING THE SAME | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18833259 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING INSULATION STATE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING INSULATION STATE BY USING SAME | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18728751 | PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18690138 | METHOD FOR PREPARING OLEFIN-BASED POLYMER AND OLEFIN-BASED POLYMER PRODUCED USING THE SAME | HUHN, RICHARD A | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18287270 | COMPOSITION AND LINER FOR HIGH-PRESSURE GAS STORAGE TANK COMPRISING SAME | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18263724 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIMETALLIC HYDROGENATION CATALYST | CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18259785 | HYDROGENATION CATALYST WITH IMPROVED SULFUR RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | NGUYEN, CAM N | 1736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18259792 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND | CARR, DEBORAH D | 1691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18259811 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18259282 | PLASTICIZER COMPOSITION AND VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | 1762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18269393 | HYBRID CATALYST COMPOSITION, CATALYST COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING OLEFIN-BASED POLYMER USING SAME | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18257887 | BATCH REACTOR | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18268012 | COMPOSITE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR GEOCELL OR CORALCELL | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18210401 | TABBING APPARATUS AND TABBING METHOD USING THE SAME | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 3729 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18256337 | BATTERY PARALLEL WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18254889 | APPARATUS FOR BANDING AND PEELING CONNECTOR RIBBON | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18246936 | VINYLCHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18006232 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING RESIDUAL MONOMERS | PILCHER, JONATHAN L | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18003326 | PLASTICIZER COMPOSITION AND VINYLCHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2022 |
| 17999086 | Hybrid Catalyst Composition, Catalyst Comprising the Same, and Processes for Preparing the Same | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 92d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17790270 | MOLDING CATALYST FOR HYDROGEN CHLORIDE OXIDATION REACTION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17789456 | METHOD FOR PREPARING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17789450 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANE DICARBOXYLIC ACID | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17782049 | BIODEGRADABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17773443 | POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED CRYSTALLIZATION SPEED, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 170d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2022 |
| 18092447 | AI OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD ON INPUT IMAGE AND CAMERA DEVICE USING THE SAME | ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
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