Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 13 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 2 | 78.9% | +21.2% |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.6% |
| GARG, YOGESH C | 1 | 61.7% | +33.4% |
| MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1 | 68.2% | +13.3% |
| RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 1 | — | — |
| CAO, CHUN | 1 | 84.7% | +12.7% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.9% | +32.2% |
| POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 51.2% | +36.2% |
| PAGE, HANA C | 1 | 60.3% | +32.7% |
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.3% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271621 | Systems and Methods for Assembling a Machine for Manufacturing a Dry Electrode | TRINH, MINH N | 46d overdue |
| 18779521 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF 3D MOLDS | CAO, CHUN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17980937 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED AND COOLED ROLLERS | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 14d |
| 18241647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID SAND CASTING | KERNS, KEVIN P | 16d |
| 19225541 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING A MEMORIAL PRODUCT | GARG, YOGESH C | — |
| 18864621 | Method for Coating an Electrically Conductive Web of Film with an Electrically Conductive Adhesion Promoter | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 18864616 | Drive Device for an Eccentric Bearing, and Corresponding Calender | RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | — |
| 18787183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CASTING CHARACTERS WITHOUT A BACKING SUBSTRATE | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18721980 | Roll Assembly for Finishing a Windable, In Particular Pre-Bonded, Sheet Material, and Corresponding Sheet Material | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18694678 | Assembly for Measuring the Thickness of a Continuous Material Web | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706039 | Electrically Heated and Cooled Rollers | PAGE, HANA C | 50d overdue |
| 18705726 | Powder Hopper for the Gravity-Driven Feeding of Powdered Electrode Precursor Material Into a Nip of a Dry Electrode Caldender, Corresponding Assembly, and Corresponding Method | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 18d overdue |
| 18241647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID SAND CASTING | KERNS, KEVIN P | 16d |
| 19225541 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING A MEMORIAL PRODUCT | GARG, YOGESH C | — |
| 18864621 | Method for Coating an Electrically Conductive Web of Film with an Electrically Conductive Adhesion Promoter | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 18787183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CASTING CHARACTERS WITHOUT A BACKING SUBSTRATE | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18779521 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF 3D MOLDS | CAO, CHUN | — |
| 18721980 | Roll Assembly for Finishing a Windable, In Particular Pre-Bonded, Sheet Material, and Corresponding Sheet Material | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 3 |
| 3725 | 2 |
| 2853 | 2 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271621 | Systems and Methods for Assembling a Machine for Manufacturing a Dry Electrode | TRINH, MINH N | 3729 | §112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19225541 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING A MEMORIAL PRODUCT | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 18864621 | Method for Coating an Electrically Conductive Web of Film with an Electrically Conductive Adhesion Promoter | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18864616 | Drive Device for an Eccentric Bearing, and Corresponding Calender | RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18787183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CASTING CHARACTERS WITHOUT A BACKING SUBSTRATE | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18779521 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF 3D MOLDS | CAO, CHUN | 2115 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18721980 | Roll Assembly for Finishing a Windable, In Particular Pre-Bonded, Sheet Material, and Corresponding Sheet Material | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18707620 | Roller Surface Hardening | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18706039 | Electrically Heated and Cooled Rollers | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18705726 | Powder Hopper for the Gravity-Driven Feeding of Powdered Electrode Precursor Material Into a Nip of a Dry Electrode Caldender, Corresponding Assembly, and Corresponding Method | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18694678 | Assembly for Measuring the Thickness of a Continuous Material Web | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18508694 | GRAPHITE MATERIALS AND DEVICES WITH SURFACE MICRO-TEXTURING | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18241647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID SAND CASTING | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 17980937 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED AND COOLED ROLLERS | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 17978424 | MODULAR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | YUEN, JACKY | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17919558 | LIGHTWEIGHT ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDER | HINZE, LEO T | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 14272622 | Cantilevered Micro-Valve and Inkjet Printer Using Said Valve | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2014 |
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Start Free TrialMATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL Corporation has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 16 examiners.
Kevin P Kerns has the most, with 2 of MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL Corporation's pending office actions.
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