Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Nordson Corporation

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEWITT, JAMES M 1 69.4% +45.3%
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.4% +39.2%
GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 1 66.8% +34.5%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.4% +26.2%
GRAY, PHILLIP A 1 74.2% +10.6%
LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1 66.0% +36.1%
OCHYLSKI, RYAN M 1 62.6% +16.4%
PAN, YONGJIA 1 64.8% +31.5%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19124486 REUSABLE CLAMP HEWITT, JAMES M
18845020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING ADHESIVE APPLICATION WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION
18698386 ASEPTIC COUPLING SYSTEM WITH TRANSLATING SEAL MECHANISM GRAY, PHILLIP A
17922395 QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, PELLETIZING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, RELATED BRACING METHOD LEYSON, JOSEPH S

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19002974 SYNCHRONOUS MOTION SELECTIVE SOLDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD PATEL, DEVANG R 32d overdue
17758619 VALVE OCHYLSKI, RYAN M 55d
19124486 REUSABLE CLAMP HEWITT, JAMES M
18851585 FULL COVER/FINE LINES SPRAY APPLICATION GREENLUND, JOSEPH A
18845020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING ADHESIVE APPLICATION WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION
18698386 ASEPTIC COUPLING SYSTEM WITH TRANSLATING SEAL MECHANISM GRAY, PHILLIP A
17922395 QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, PELLETIZING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, RELATED BRACING METHOD LEYSON, JOSEPH S
17760917 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING A HOT MELT LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEM CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLLER PAN, YONGJIA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3679 1
1735 1
3752 1
1712 1
1744 1
1743 1
2118 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19124486 REUSABLE CLAMP HEWITT, JAMES M 3679 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19002974 SYNCHRONOUS MOTION SELECTIVE SOLDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2024
18851585 FULL COVER/FINE LINES SPRAY APPLICATION GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18845020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING ADHESIVE APPLICATION WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18698386 ASEPTIC COUPLING SYSTEM WITH TRANSLATING SEAL MECHANISM GRAY, PHILLIP A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
17922395 QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, PELLETIZING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A QUICK-ACTION CLAMPING APPARATUS, RELATED BRACING METHOD LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1744 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2022
17758619 VALVE OCHYLSKI, RYAN M 1743 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17760917 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING A HOT MELT LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEM CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLLER PAN, YONGJIA 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2022

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