Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ticona LLC

12 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (8%)
3
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (67%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record3 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
92% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILKINS III, HARRY D 2 62.5% +18.4%
ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1 72.1% -13.5%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 1 14.5% +22.6%
FIGG, LAURA B 1 57.3% +23.7%
OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 1 82.0% +10.6%
HANYON, SAMANTHA LEE 1
ZIMMER, MARC S 1 79.3% +15.9%
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.3% +17.9%
DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1 46.4% +64.3%
LIU, ZHEN 1 42.0% +45.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18481275 Interactive Chemical Material Interface OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 8d

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
18406298 Composite Structure SHUKLA, KRUPA 112d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18406298 Composite Structure SHUKLA, KRUPA 112d overdue
18317137 Spacer Frame for Use in an Alkaline Electrolyzer System WILKINS III, HARRY D 66d overdue
18307840 Fluidic Member for Use in an Electrolyzer System WILKINS III, HARRY D 66d overdue
18340156 Aromatic Polymer Composition for Use in a Camera Module ZIMMER, MARC S 28d overdue
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 LIU, ZHEN 21d
17867777 Drug Delivery Pump DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 2
1722 1
1787 1
1781 1
2658 1
1725 1
1765 1
1763 1
1766 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18835043 Black Liquid Crystalline Polymer Composition With Low Dissipation Factor ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1722 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18406298 Composite Structure SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18503631 Thermally Conductive Polymer Composition FIGG, LAURA B 1781 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18481275 Interactive Chemical Material Interface OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 2658 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18343778 Busbar for a Battery Assembly HANYON, SAMANTHA LEE 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18340156 Aromatic Polymer Composition for Use in a Camera Module ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18317137 Spacer Frame for Use in an Alkaline Electrolyzer System WILKINS III, HARRY D 1794 Other Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18307840 Fluidic Member for Use in an Electrolyzer System WILKINS III, HARRY D 1794 Other Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
17990786 Plateable Polymer Composition for Use at High Frequencies USELDING, JOHN E 1763 Other Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17867777 Drug Delivery Pump DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 19, 2022
17543791 Electronic Module LIU, ZHEN 1767 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 07, 2021
16819344 Polyarylene Sulfide Composition AUSTIN, AARON 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2020

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