Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, HAI Y | 1 | 68.4% | +42.6% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 68.0% | +21.8% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1 | 56.5% | +20.9% |
| KACKAR, RAM N | 1 | 39.8% | +58.9% |
| BAND, MICHAEL A | 1 | 44.9% | +55.5% |
| POON, DANA LEE | 1 | 55.3% | +42.3% |
| GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | 1 | 22.9% | +15.4% |
| BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | 1 | 48.0% | +22.1% |
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 1 | 57.2% | +52.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257414 | HARD CUBIC AL-RICH ALTIN COATING LAYERS PRODUCED BY PVD FROM CERAMIC TARGETS | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 41d |
| 18247670 | HARD CARBON COATINGS WITH IMPROVED ADHESION STRENGTH BY MEANS OF HIPIMS AND METHOD THEREOF | BAND, MICHAEL A | 84d |
| 18874441 | FORMING TOOLS COATED WITH KAPPA-ALUMINA | ZHANG, HAI Y | — |
| 18703218 | METHOD FOR FORMING HARD AND ULTRA-SMOOTH A-C BY SPUTTERING | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18255394 | IMPROVED PLASMA RESISTANT COATINGS FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS | KACKAR, RAM N | — |
| 18247182 | SPRING HOLDER AND WORKPIECE CARRIER | POON, DANA LEE | — |
| 18014228 | Method for manufacturing a solid-state battery | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761777 | SUBSTRATE WITH A MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE LAYER SYSTEM, AND COATING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER SYSTEM | YANG, ZHEREN J | 22d |
| 18257414 | HARD CUBIC AL-RICH ALTIN COATING LAYERS PRODUCED BY PVD FROM CERAMIC TARGETS | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 41d |
| 18247670 | HARD CARBON COATINGS WITH IMPROVED ADHESION STRENGTH BY MEANS OF HIPIMS AND METHOD THEREOF | BAND, MICHAEL A | 84d |
| 18874441 | FORMING TOOLS COATED WITH KAPPA-ALUMINA | ZHANG, HAI Y | — |
| 18703218 | METHOD FOR FORMING HARD AND ULTRA-SMOOTH A-C BY SPUTTERING | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18255394 | IMPROVED PLASMA RESISTANT COATINGS FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS | KACKAR, RAM N | — |
| 18247182 | SPRING HOLDER AND WORKPIECE CARRIER | POON, DANA LEE | — |
| 18014228 | Method for manufacturing a solid-state battery | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 3 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| 1716 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874441 | FORMING TOOLS COATED WITH KAPPA-ALUMINA | ZHANG, HAI Y | 1717 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18703218 | METHOD FOR FORMING HARD AND ULTRA-SMOOTH A-C BY SPUTTERING | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18257414 | HARD CUBIC AL-RICH ALTIN COATING LAYERS PRODUCED BY PVD FROM CERAMIC TARGETS | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18255394 | IMPROVED PLASMA RESISTANT COATINGS FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS | KACKAR, RAM N | 1716 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18247670 | HARD CARBON COATINGS WITH IMPROVED ADHESION STRENGTH BY MEANS OF HIPIMS AND METHOD THEREOF | BAND, MICHAEL A | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 18247182 | SPRING HOLDER AND WORKPIECE CARRIER | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18014228 | Method for manufacturing a solid-state battery | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | 1727 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
| 17792928 | HIGH COHESIVE STRENGTH HARD COATINGS CONTAINING SOFT METAL | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17761777 | SUBSTRATE WITH A MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE LAYER SYSTEM, AND COATING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER SYSTEM | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
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