Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lummus Technology LLC

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1 27.8% -29.4%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.1% +25.4%
NGUYEN, PHUONG T 1 73.8% +36.7%
CHIU, TAK LIANG 1 51.4% +38.5%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 11.8% -17.4%
BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1 80.5% +28.7%
BONAPARTE, AMY C 1 79.8% +23.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17813614 TRIFUNCTIONAL PROCESSES IN CATALYTIC DISTILLATION BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 12d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19220839 INTEGRATION OF WATER TREATMENT AND WET AIR REGENERATION METHODS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PER- AND POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 45d overdue
18002667 TREATMENT OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS IN SPENT CAUSTIC GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 11d overdue

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
17290135 SELECTIVE DIMERIZATION AND ETHERIFICATION OF ISOBUTYLENE VIA CATALYTIC DISTILLATION BONAPARTE, AMY C 38d overdue
18004678 WET AIR OXIDATION SYSTEM WITH SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER CHIU, TAK LIANG 9d overdue
17813614 TRIFUNCTIONAL PROCESSES IN CATALYTIC DISTILLATION BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 12d
18470962 CONVERSION OF WASTE PLASTICS TO PETROCHEMICALS CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 23d
18183599 ELECTRIC HEATER NGUYEN, PHUONG T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1777 2
1692 2
1779 1
1772 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19220839 INTEGRATION OF WATER TREATMENT AND WET AIR REGENERATION METHODS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PER- AND POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1779 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 28, 2025
18470962 CONVERSION OF WASTE PLASTICS TO PETROCHEMICALS CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18183599 ELECTRIC HEATER NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2023
18004678 WET AIR OXIDATION SYSTEM WITH SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER CHIU, TAK LIANG 1777 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
18002667 TREATMENT OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS IN SPENT CAUSTIC GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17813614 TRIFUNCTIONAL PROCESSES IN CATALYTIC DISTILLATION BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 20, 2022
17290135 SELECTIVE DIMERIZATION AND ETHERIFICATION OF ISOBUTYLENE VIA CATALYTIC DISTILLATION BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2021

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