Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

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75 pending office actions • 29 art units • 49 examiners • 0 of 75 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 108 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

75
Total Pending OAs
49
Non-Final OAs
26
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
2
Due this week
8
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
5
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (5)

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.

29
Hard (39%)
42
Medium (56%)
4
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (1%)
§103 only32 (43%)
§102 only5 (7%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)28 (37%)

Industry Mix

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

57
Life Sciences
76% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
15
Business / Other
20% 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.

750 h
Manual time on pending OAs
150 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
262 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEGUIRE, SEAN M 6 59.9% +29.4%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 5 69.5% -2.7%
YANG, JAY LEE 5 73.9% +2.2%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 3 63.8% +8.7%
HINES, LATOSHA D 3 51.0% +21.9%
VISCONTI, GERALDINA 3 86.5% +1.5%
DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 3 49.7% +46.0%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 2 53.0% +11.7%
NGUYEN, VU ANH 2 83.2% +15.9%
KERSHNER, DYLAN CLAY 2 63.6% +35.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18076201 COMPOSITION, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA 28d
18009315 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA 77d
18259254 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, VU ANH
18069244 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA

Hard Cases (29)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18041231 PROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION DU, SURBHI M 187d overdue
17642222 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GARRETT, DAWN L 23d overdue
17909701 COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M 16d overdue
17915584 RESIN, RESIN PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, COATING COMPOSITION, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, MOLDED ARTICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR PRODUCTION METHOD KAHN, RACHEL 15d overdue
18039188 COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 7d
18202747 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE KYLE, MADISON LEIGH 9d
18250406 PEPTIDE TAG AND TAGGED PROTEIN CONTAINING SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T 14d
17759947 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SIMBANA, RACHEL A 16d

Interview Candidates (18)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17759887 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M 28d overdue
18849737 LUBRICANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME OLADAPO, TAIWO 24d overdue
17760154 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE COMPRISING THE COMPOUND DEGUIRE, SEAN M 33d
18683388 EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING BIOMASS SOLID FUEL HINES, LATOSHA D 40d
17774074 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 41d
17801120 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M 57d
17634844 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 77d
17592173 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 79d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1786 18
1771 8
1737 3
1765 2
1764 2
1725 2
1759 2
1766 2
1733 1
2812 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18878172 LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18969455 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND RADIATION DETECTOR KEFAYATI, SOORENA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18851952 GREASE COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18851359 LUBRICANT OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2024
18849737 LUBRICANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18760532 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18709880 REFRIGERATOR OIL COMPOSITION AND MIXED COMPOSITION FOR REFRIGERATORS VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
18651909 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOX, BRANDON C §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18683388 EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING BIOMASS SOLID FUEL HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18290844 HEAT-TREATMENT OIL COMPOSITION HINES, LATOSHA D 1733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18411028 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BOOTH, RICHARD A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18573541 LUBRICANT COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393248 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18568001 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BOYLE, ROBERT C §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567929 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BOYLE, ROBERT C §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567748 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BOYLE, ROBERT C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18567752 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BOYLE, ROBERT C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18563399 THERMOSETTING COMPOSITION, POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION AND POLYURETHANE MOLDED BODY SALAMON, PETER A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18289774 SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION, ELECTRODE MIXTURE CONTAINING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION MARTIN, ANGELA J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18556979 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND WILKINS III, HARRY D §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18553099 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOUND AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOUND NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18284457 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MENZ, LAURA MARY 2813 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552511 LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2023
18264803 POLYMER COMPOSITION, LUBRICATING OIL ADDITIVE COMPOSITION, AND LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18262564 COMPOSITION, POWDER, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2023
18272857 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HALOGENATED LITHIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18215853 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18259254 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, VU ANH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18269482 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE LOEWE, ROBERT S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18268565 ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL MOWLA, GOLAM 1721 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18258060 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, VU ANH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18333862 COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18256036 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MAYHEW, BRADLEY SCOTT 1621 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
18039188 COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 26, 2023
18202747 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE KYLE, MADISON LEIGH 1722 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 26, 2023
18195439 Method for producing a crystalline solid electrolyte, a crystalline solid electrolyte, and an electrode combined material and a lithium ion battery using it CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2023
18035131 SOLID ELECTROLYTE PRODUCTION METHOD JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
18034735 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2023
18250406 PEPTIDE TAG AND TAGGED PROTEIN CONTAINING SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §101§102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18183427 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCENT ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE KERSHNER, DYLAN CLAY 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2023
18119924 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 10, 2023
18118215 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
18022964 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18041231 PROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION DU, SURBHI M 1765 §102§103 Non-Final OA 187d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18158613 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICES, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2023
18069244 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
18065949 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE COMPRISING A LIGHT EMITTING LAYER COM-PRISING THREE DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS AND AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COMPRISING SAID ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2022
18009315 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §112DPOther Non-Final OA 77d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18076201 COMPOSITION, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 06, 2022
17927451 ELECTRODE MIXTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 23, 2022
17924156 SOLID ELECTROLYTE PRODUCING METHOD HA, STEVEN S 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022
17922694 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 01, 2022
17764905 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17915584 RESIN, RESIN PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, COATING COMPOSITION, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, MOLDED ARTICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR PRODUCTION METHOD KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17909701 COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2022
17801120 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M 1786 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17820600 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2022
17760215 SILANE-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND MODIFIED HYDROGENATED PETROLEUM RESIN DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17760154 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE COMPRISING THE COMPOUND DEGUIRE, SEAN M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 04, 2022
17759947 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17759887 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DEGUIRE, SEAN M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2022
17787964 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §112 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17786789 POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND AN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE COMPRISING THE POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND WATSON, BRAELYN 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17779911 COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §102§103 Final Rejection 72d Pending May 25, 2022
17774074 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 03, 2022
17765353 MIXTURE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS KERSHNER, DYLAN CLAY 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 30, 2022
17761931 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2022
17642221 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2022
17642222 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2022
17634844 COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Feb 11, 2022
17592173 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Feb 03, 2022
17631927 ELECTRODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2022
17605835 ELECTRODE, SOLID ELECTROLYTE ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE, AND SYNTHETIC GAS PRODUCTION METHOD VAN, LUAN V 1700 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2021
17285753 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2021
17264650 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE COMPOUND, OXIDE SINTERED BODY, SPUTTERING TARGET, CRYSTALLINE OXIDE THIN FILM, AMORPHOUS OXIDE THIN FILM, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 29, 2021

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