Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

MATERION Corporation

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

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
JONES, ERIC W 1 62.1% +17.1%
LEE, JOHN 1 25.7% +25.8%
HEVEY, JOHN A 1 61.3% +20.1%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.7% +21.6%
VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS 1 54.2% +38.3%
CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1 40.8% +56.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18358342 Methods For Heating Strip Product KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 84d overdue
17770814 MOLYBDENUM OXYCHLORIDE WITH IMPROVED BULK DENSITY CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 3d overdue
18698645 WINDOW CAVITY WAFERS JONES, ERIC W
18472552 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECTS COMPRISING BERYLLIUM LEE, JOHN
18099687 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE FOR AN EDGE EMITTING LASER DIODE VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18358342 Methods For Heating Strip Product KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 84d overdue
17770814 MOLYBDENUM OXYCHLORIDE WITH IMPROVED BULK DENSITY CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 3d overdue
18448388 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BERYLLIUM ARTICLE HEVEY, JOHN A 22d
18698645 WINDOW CAVITY WAFERS JONES, ERIC W
18472552 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECTS COMPRISING BERYLLIUM LEE, JOHN
18099687 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE FOR AN EDGE EMITTING LASER DIODE VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2892 1
1732 1
1735 1
3725 1
2828 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18698645 WINDOW CAVITY WAFERS JONES, ERIC W 2892 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18472552 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECTS COMPRISING BERYLLIUM LEE, JOHN 1732 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18448388 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BERYLLIUM ARTICLE HEVEY, JOHN A 1735 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18358342 Methods For Heating Strip Product KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §102§112 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18099687 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE FOR AN EDGE EMITTING LASER DIODE VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS 2828 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 20, 2023
17770814 MOLYBDENUM OXYCHLORIDE WITH IMPROVED BULK DENSITY CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2022

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