Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nutech Ventures manages a portfolio of 14 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 14 actions are distributed among 14 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing 1 application. The technical breadth of the portfolio is further evidenced by its presence in 9 distinct art units, indicating a range of research focuses within the chemistry and materials sector.
The busiest examiner, AHMED, SHAMIM, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 14 distinct examiners for 14 pending office actions, no 1 examiner has more than 1 matter under review. This high level of dispersion across 14 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent strategy is decentralized. Practitioners must be prepared to handle a variety of examination styles and technical standards, as the 14 pending office actions are not concentrated under any 1 individual or unit. This structure requires a versatile prosecution approach to ensure consistency across the many different art units and examiners involved. The presence of 9 distinct art units underscores the diversity of the technical subject matter being pursued.
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.
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.
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 | 3 (23%) |
| §103 only | 3 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SHAMIM | 1 | 78.4% | +22.2% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1 | 45.7% | +36.1% |
| GILL, RACHEL B | 1 | 65.6% | +28.3% |
| LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1 | 70.0% | +31.6% |
| PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 1 | 67.8% | +35.3% |
| HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1 | 69.8% | +36.5% |
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 31.6% | +63.1% |
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| VU, JAKE MINH | 1 | 41.1% | +27.2% |
| HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 1 | 29.0% | +17.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 10d overdue |
| 17570257 | TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 63d |
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18609392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE FLOW RATE AND DROPLET SIZE CONTROL OF VARIABLE-ORIFICE SPRAY NOZZLE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 18562795 | ARONIA BERRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITIONS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 10d overdue |
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18889297 | CHITOSAN-SUPPLEMENTED STARCH BIOAEROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| 18609392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE FLOW RATE AND DROPLET SIZE CONTROL OF VARIABLE-ORIFICE SPRAY NOZZLE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 18556703 | PHOSPHINATE ESTER-CONTAINING DYES HAVING TUNABLE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | VU, JAKE MINH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18968470 | TITANIUM ALLOY POWDER RECONDITIONING FOR 3D ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED, SHAMIM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18889297 | CHITOSAN-SUPPLEMENTED STARCH BIOAEROGELS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18800951 | METHODS OF MAKING AND USING UNIVERSAL CENTRALIZED INFLUENZA VACCINE GENES | GILL, RACHEL B | — | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18783181 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MEDIUM CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MCCAs) | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18609392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE FLOW RATE AND DROPLET SIZE CONTROL OF VARIABLE-ORIFICE SPRAY NOZZLE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18692261 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREDICTING PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MOLECULES USING CHEMICAL SENSORS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18392260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) USING GAIT ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18562795 | ARONIA BERRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITIONS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18556703 | PHOSPHINATE ESTER-CONTAINING DYES HAVING TUNABLE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18240879 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEFECT DETECTION | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 17890955 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR CORRELATING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) MEASUREMENTS WITH DEGREE OF SENSITIZATION (DOS) VALUES TO DETERMINE THE SENSITIZATION OF AN ALLOY | UTECH, BENJAMIN L | 1700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17856477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH OF PRISTINE, DOPED AND NANOPOROUS GRAPHENE FILMS | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
| 17570257 | TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Jan 06, 2022 |
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