Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
25 pending office actions • 16 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heraeus Holding GmbH is managing 24 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 23 distinct examiners, showing a nearly individualized assignment for each matter. The portfolio is spread across 15 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical scope within the chemistry sector. The use of 15 distinct art units suggests that the company's materials research covers a wide variety of specialized classifications at the patent office, requiring a versatile prosecution approach for the 24 pending office actions.
DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. The other actions are handled by the remaining 23 distinct examiners. This means that 23 distinct examiners are providing input on the pending matters. For the practitioner, this distribution requires managing many different examiner personalities and art unit cultures. The breadth of 15 distinct art units ensures that the company's chemistry innovations are being evaluated by many different specialized teams. Having 2 pending office actions with DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL represents the highest concentration of work with any single examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 9 (36%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 2 | 55.0% | +25.3% |
| OMORI, MARY I | 1 | 50.9% | +57.3% |
| THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 1 | 72.4% | +23.9% |
| FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN | 1 | 61.5% | +24.1% |
| PENG, CHARLIE YU | 1 | 75.5% | +13.0% |
| PEACE, RHONDA S | 1 | 85.4% | +12.6% |
| WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1 | 44.2% | +44.5% |
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1 | 82.9% | +14.1% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728179 | METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE | PEACE, RHONDA S | — |
| 19075419 | BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17905804 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS FIBER NOZZLES, AND GLASS FIBER NOZZLE | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 38d overdue |
| 18255299 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES AND/OR OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES | NGUYEN, SOPHIA T | 19d overdue |
| 18051724 | ELECTRODE WITH PROTECTED EDGE REGION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1d overdue |
| 18425617 | Surgical cleaning device with adapter | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 20d |
| 18250000 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICULATE CARRIER MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH ELEMENTARY SILVER AND ELEMENTARY RUTHENIUM | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 27d |
| 18313788 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 75d |
| 19225490 | Method and preform for producing a hollow core fiber and method for producing a preform for a hollow core fiber | OMORI, MARY I | — |
| 18836954 | METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTI-CORE FIBRE WITH A MARKER | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18255956 | Soot-Free Production Process of Preforms for Structured Fibers | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 2d overdue |
| 18680669 | MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER | SIPP, AMY R. | 19d |
| 17438698 | DOPED FUSED SILICA COMPONENT FOR USE IN A PLASMA-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 34d |
| 18791985 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK | FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN | 72d |
| 19225490 | Method and preform for producing a hollow core fiber and method for producing a preform for a hollow core fiber | OMORI, MARY I | — |
| 18836954 | METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTI-CORE FIBRE WITH A MARKER | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
| 18728726 | METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE | PENG, CHARLIE YU | — |
| 18728179 | METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE | PEACE, RHONDA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 4 |
| 3775 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19225490 | Method and preform for producing a hollow core fiber and method for producing a preform for a hollow core fiber | OMORI, MARY I | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 18836954 | METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTI-CORE FIBRE WITH A MARKER | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18791985 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK | FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18728726 | METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE | PENG, CHARLIE YU | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18728179 | METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE | PEACE, RHONDA S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18352741 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PROPERTY PROFILES IN SOLID SUBSTRATE PRECURSORS | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18255956 | Soot-Free Production Process of Preforms for Structured Fibers | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 17438698 | DOPED FUSED SILICA COMPONENT FOR USE IN A PLASMA-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 13, 2021 |
| 19075419 | BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18718573 | TESTS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BACTERIAL INFECTION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18680669 | MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18649253 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING AND DISPENSING ACTIVE INGREDIENT SOLUTIONS | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18425617 | Surgical cleaning device with adapter | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18529500 | USE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | 1612 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18460146 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING A BONE REPLACEMENT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH | 1611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18313788 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18303291 | AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17205354 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPACERS WITH A VARIABLE HEAD | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2021 |
| 18263465 | METHOD FOR REDUCTIVE EXTRACTION OF IRIDIUM, RHODIUM AND/OR RUTHENIUM | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18255516 | METALLIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 2811 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18255299 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES AND/OR OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES | NGUYEN, SOPHIA T | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18319907 | CATALYST SYSTEM FOR A FLOW REACTOR AND METHOD FOR CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF AMMONIA | LI, JUN | 1732 | §103DPOther | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18250000 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICULATE CARRIER MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH ELEMENTARY SILVER AND ELEMENTARY RUTHENIUM | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18051724 | ELECTRODE WITH PROTECTED EDGE REGION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17905804 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS FIBER NOZZLES, AND GLASS FIBER NOZZLE | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
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