Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
36 pending office actions • 16 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 | 5 (14%) |
| §103 only | 15 (42%) |
| §102 only | 2 (6%) |
| §112 only | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 2 | 46.2% | +43.1% |
| PAGE, HANA C | 2 | 60.3% | +32.8% |
| LIANG, SHIBIN | 2 | 62.8% | +17.0% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.4% | +44.0% |
| MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 1 | 24.8% | +25.0% |
| MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 1 | 51.0% | +32.9% |
| RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 1 | 55.3% | +21.1% |
| HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 1 | 79.1% | +10.8% |
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.2% | +17.7% |
| NORTON, JENNIFER L | 1 | 49.8% | +2.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288543 | GRANULATOR, KNEADING ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN PELLETS | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 4d overdue |
| 17476585 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING METHOD | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 19d |
| 18837744 | FEEDER AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | KHARE, ATUL P | 27d |
| 18036384 | DIE PLATE COVER, DIE HEAD, EXTRUDER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN PELLETS | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 34d |
| 18717341 | LAMINATING DEVICE AND LAMINATION METHOD | BLADES, JOHN A | 39d |
| 19121503 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | — |
| 19118921 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
| 19110074 | METHOD OF COLLECTING RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS, METHOD OF PRODUCING RECYCLABLE LIQUEFIED GAS, AND RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS COLLECTOR | RAYMOND, KEITH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333625 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | LIANG, SHIBIN | 10d overdue |
| 17476585 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING METHOD | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 19d |
| 18097685 | VERTICAL INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MOLDING MOLDED ARTICLE | PAGE, HANA C | 41d |
| 19214214 | LIFTING APPARATUS AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | YE, XINWEN | — |
| 19121503 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | — |
| 19118921 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
| 19110074 | METHOD OF COLLECTING RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS, METHOD OF PRODUCING RECYCLABLE LIQUEFIED GAS, AND RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS COLLECTOR | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — |
| 18866837 | Take-Out Apparatus and Take-Out Method with Respect to Reaction Apparatus | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 5 |
| 1743 | 4 |
| 1741 | 3 |
| 1745 | 3 |
| 1742 | 2 |
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1754 | 2 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19214214 | LIFTING APPARATUS AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | YE, XINWEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19121503 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3626 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19118921 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19110074 | METHOD OF COLLECTING RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS, METHOD OF PRODUCING RECYCLABLE LIQUEFIED GAS, AND RESIN DECOMPOSITION GAS COLLECTOR | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2025 |
| 18866837 | Take-Out Apparatus and Take-Out Method with Respect to Reaction Apparatus | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18948018 | INJECTION DEVICE FOR FOAM MOLDING, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND MATERIAL SUPPLYING METHOD | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18946863 | OPERATION STATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NORTON, JENNIFER L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18922911 | RESIN FILM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18851234 | SCREW PIECE ASSEMBLY ERROR DETECTING DEVICE, SCREW PIECE ASSEMBLY ERROR DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN | 1743 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18849526 | SIMULATION DEVICE, SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION PROGRAM | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2024 |
| 18837744 | FEEDER AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | KHARE, ATUL P | 1742 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18726784 | INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, MOLD, AND METHOD FOR MOLDING MOLDED ARTICLE | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18717341 | LAMINATING DEVICE AND LAMINATION METHOD | BLADES, JOHN A | 1746 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18676736 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18711601 | LINK MECHANISM, LINK DEVICE, AND STRETCHING MACHINE | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §102 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | May 19, 2024 |
| 18666751 | INJECTION UNIT, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18701209 | MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, TORQUE DERIVATION SYSTEM, TORQUE DERIVATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | TRAN, VI N | 2117 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18692323 | LIFE ESTIMATION METHOD, LIFE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | MANG, LAL C | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18292220 | POSITION DETERMINING MECHANISM FOR ROTARY PLATEN, MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18577250 | REACTION APPARATUS, REACTION SYSTEM, MATERIAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, BATTERY MATERIAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, BATTERY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, REACTION PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD, BATTERY MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2024 |
| 18575868 | DESCRIPTION REACTION APPARATUS, REACTION SYSTEM, BATTERY MATERIAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, BATTERY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, SOLID ELECTROLYTE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND REACTION PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD | SHAT, ATEF ARAFAT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 01, 2024 |
| 18288543 | GRANULATOR, KNEADING ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN PELLETS | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18285258 | POWDER-BED LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWDER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 01, 2023 |
| 18278172 | LIP GAP ADJUSTING DEVICE, EXTRUSION MOLDING DIE, EXTRUSION MOLDING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING LIP GAP, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18273714 | Abnormality Detection System, Molding Machine System, Abnormality Detection Apparatus, Abnormality Detection Method and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium | LIANG, SHIBIN | 1741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18272588 | Thermal Decomposition Extruder, Thermal Decomposition System, and Method of Manufacturing Decomposition Gas and Method of Emitting Decomposition Gas | SONG, INJA | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jul 16, 2023 |
| 18333625 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | LIANG, SHIBIN | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18265674 | CUTTER BLADE AND GRANULATION APPARATUS | DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN | 1763 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18322103 | HEATING CYLINDER HEATER, INJECTION APPARATUS, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18037554 | CUTTER BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CUTTER BLADE | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18036384 | DIE PLATE COVER, DIE HEAD, EXTRUDER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN PELLETS | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 1743 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18171138 | INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE FOR FOAM MOLDING AND METHOD FOR MOLDING FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18097685 | VERTICAL INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MOLDING MOLDED ARTICLE | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17770572 | A NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
| 17476585 | MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND MOLD THICKNESS ADJUSTING METHOD | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 16, 2021 |
| 16652035 | BINDER FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, AND ELECTRODE AND SEPARATOR USING SAME | MARTIN, MATTHEW T | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2020 |
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