Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC

15 pending office actions • 13 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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%)
12
Medium (80%)
2
Easy (13%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (80%)
§112 only2 (13%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
67% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 3 29.4% +34.6%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.2% +26.4%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.4% +50.4%
MOORE, MARGARET G 1 68.1% +14.7%
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1 53.8% +75.7%
NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1 54.8% +25.7%
CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 1 55.6% +28.0%
NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 1 45.3% +13.0%
ROLLAND, ALEX A 1 47.0% +26.5%
KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 1 87.8% +14.4%

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
17754038 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION POLISHING COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING WITH-IN DIE NON-UNIFORMITIES KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 97d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17278842 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 18d overdue
17621198 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILM MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 4d overdue
16695676 1-Methyl-1-Iso-Propoxy-Silacycloalkanes And Dense Organosilica Films Made Therefrom MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 22d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18585563 ULTRA-HIGH PURITY TUNGSTEN CHLORIDES NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 156d overdue
18152116 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR SILICON CONTAINING FILMS ROLLAND, ALEX A 127d overdue
18548846 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SILICON DIELECTRIC FILM NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 104d overdue
17754038 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION POLISHING COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING WITH-IN DIE NON-UNIFORMITIES KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 97d overdue
18693041 Post-Dry Etching Photoresist And Metal Containing Residue Removal Formulation DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 60d overdue
18703240 SILANOLS AND SILANEDIOLS MOORE, MARGARET G 58d overdue
18865652 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR CARBON DOPED SILICON CONTAINING FILMS WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 31d overdue
17278842 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 18d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 3
1712 1
1717 1
1765 1
1761 1
1734 1
2144 1
2893 1
1759 1
2817 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865652 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR CARBON DOPED SILICON CONTAINING FILMS WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18856877 BORON-CONTAINING PRECURSORS FOR THE ALD DEPOSITION OF BORON NITRIDE FILMS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18703240 SILANOLS AND SILANEDIOLS MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18693041 Post-Dry Etching Photoresist And Metal Containing Residue Removal Formulation DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18585563 ULTRA-HIGH PURITY TUNGSTEN CHLORIDES NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Final Rejection 156d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18282709 SHARED DATA INDUCED QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MATERIALS CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18548846 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SILICON DIELECTRIC FILM NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §112 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18152116 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR SILICON CONTAINING FILMS ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
17754038 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION POLISHING COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING WITH-IN DIE NON-UNIFORMITIES KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17621198 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILM MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17281898 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS KIM, JAY C 2815 §112 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2021
17278842 METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON AND NITROGEN CONTAINING FILMS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2021
16695676 1-Methyl-1-Iso-Propoxy-Silacycloalkanes And Dense Organosilica Films Made Therefrom MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 26, 2019
16577580 Barrier Slurry Removal Rate Improvement PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2019
16388225 Compositions and Methods Using Same for Deposition of Silicon-Containing Films WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2019

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