Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nordson Corporation has 10 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 9 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that while the company has several active applications, they are being handled by a diverse group of examiners in multiple administrative units. The presence of 6 distinct art units indicates that the company's filings in the chemistry domain are technically varied.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is GREENLUND, JOSEPH A, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. The remaining pending actions are spread among the other 9 distinct examiners, meaning most examiners are only handling a single case for the company. With the 2 pending office actions under one individual, the prosecution strategy must account for the varying standards and practices of the different technical groups within the patent office. This distribution requires the company to manage different examiner relationships to resolve the 10 pending office actions currently on record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 2 | 66.6% | +34.5% |
| HEWITT, JAMES M | 1 | 69.6% | +45.3% |
| MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.4% | +11.7% |
| GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1 | 35.3% | +45.6% |
| GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1 | 68.8% | +44.0% |
| ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | 1 | — | — |
| MALIK, VIPUL | 1 | 62.1% | +35.7% |
| THOMAS, BINU | 1 | 72.7% | +26.5% |
| HAUTH, GALEN H | 1 | 64.8% | +18.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19124486 | REUSABLE CLAMP | HEWITT, JAMES M | — |
| 18998605 | USE OF ONE OR MULTIPLE CAMERAS TO DO REAL-TIME SOLDER NOZZLE PROCESS ANALYZATION | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 18997592 | POLYMER PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 18851585 | FULL COVER/FINE LINES SPRAY APPLICATION | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18848965 | POWDER SPRAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18709565 | WIPER SEAL FOR PISTON OF DISPENSING SYRINGE | ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18576143 | EXTRUSION DIE WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED MOTOR-DRIVEN LIP PROFILE ACTUATORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | MALIK, VIPUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17758619 | VALVE | HAUTH, GALEN H | 55d |
| 19124486 | REUSABLE CLAMP | HEWITT, JAMES M | — |
| 19059508 | IMPROVED FLUID DISPENSING PROCESS CONTROL USING MACHINE LEARNING AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
| 18998605 | USE OF ONE OR MULTIPLE CAMERAS TO DO REAL-TIME SOLDER NOZZLE PROCESS ANALYZATION | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 18997592 | POLYMER PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 18851585 | FULL COVER/FINE LINES SPRAY APPLICATION | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18848965 | POWDER SPRAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18576143 | EXTRUSION DIE WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED MOTOR-DRIVEN LIP PROFILE ACTUATORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | MALIK, VIPUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19124486 | REUSABLE CLAMP | HEWITT, JAMES M | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19059508 | IMPROVED FLUID DISPENSING PROCESS CONTROL USING MACHINE LEARNING AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18998605 | USE OF ONE OR MULTIPLE CAMERAS TO DO REAL-TIME SOLDER NOZZLE PROCESS ANALYZATION | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18997592 | POLYMER PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18851585 | FULL COVER/FINE LINES SPRAY APPLICATION | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18848965 | POWDER SPRAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18709565 | WIPER SEAL FOR PISTON OF DISPENSING SYRINGE | ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18576143 | EXTRUSION DIE WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED MOTOR-DRIVEN LIP PROFILE ACTUATORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | MALIK, VIPUL | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18335193 | NOZZLE AND APPLICATOR SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME | THOMAS, BINU | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 17758619 | VALVE | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Jul 11, 2022 |
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