Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Ticona LLC

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

1
Hard (12%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
PIERCE, JEREMY R 1 56.7% +43.1%
ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1 72.3% -13.2%
OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 1 81.9% +10.1%
HANYON, SAMANTHA LEE 1 100.0% +0.0%
LEE, DORIS L 1 58.6% +8.6%
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.5% +17.6%
DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1 51.4% +65.7%
EASHOO, MARK 1 38.5% +33.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18481275 Interactive Chemical Material Interface OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 8d
18343778 Busbar for a Battery Assembly HANYON, SAMANTHA LEE 13d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17867777 Drug Delivery Pump DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 34d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17990786 Plateable Polymer Composition for Use at High Frequencies USELDING, JOHN E 16d overdue
18481275 Interactive Chemical Material Interface OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 8d
17543791 Electronic Module EASHOO, MARK 21d
17867777 Drug Delivery Pump DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 34d
18976408 Fibers Formed from a Liquid Crystalline Polymer PIERCE, JEREMY R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1722 1
2658 1
1725 1
1764 1
1763 1
1766 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18976408 Fibers Formed from a Liquid Crystalline Polymer PIERCE, JEREMY R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18835043 Black Liquid Crystalline Polymer Composition With Low Dissipation Factor ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1722 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18481275 Interactive Chemical Material Interface OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18343778 Busbar for a Battery Assembly HANYON, SAMANTHA LEE 1725 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 29, 2023
17990782 Plateable Polymer Composition LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2022
17990786 Plateable Polymer Composition for Use at High Frequencies USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17867777 Drug Delivery Pump DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17543791 Electronic Module EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 07, 2021

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