Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
17 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES Corporation has 17 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 17 examiners across 14 art units, indicating extensive examiner distribution and a smaller degree of art-unit overlap. SINGER, DAVID L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The equal action and examiner counts show that no examiner is assigned multiple pending matters in this profile. Counsel should rely on matter-level docketing and examiner-specific analysis, while using the art-unit overlap to identify any potentially recurring technical context.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (24%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGER, DAVID L | 1 | 69.1% | +42.1% |
| MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | 1 | 81.1% | +4.0% |
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 35.0% | +10.2% |
| BHATIA, ANSHU | 1 | 84.2% | +17.1% |
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.5% | +34.9% |
| GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1 | 72.4% | +16.0% |
| BERRY, LAYLA D | 1 | 66.0% | +9.0% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 1 | 62.1% | +9.5% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 49.4% | +44.0% |
| VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1 | 29.9% | +45.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785572 | METHODS OF MULTIPLEXED ANALYTE CHARACTERIZATION | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | — |
| 18772812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVENT MIXING IN A CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM | BHATIA, ANSHU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17893786 | HIGH SAMPLE THROUGHPUT DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER | GERIDO, DWAN A | 73d overdue |
| 16575909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIPID QUANTIFICATION | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 42d overdue |
| 18508933 | PRESSED AND MIXED THIN FILM ENZYMATIC REACTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 22d |
| 18328722 | PREPARATION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE ENCAPSULATED NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR ACCURATE COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 54d |
| 17751386 | SORBENT PARTICLES FOR SAMPLE TREATMENT | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 62d |
| 18777771 | DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHASE VELOCITY CONTROL ACROSS THE DIAMETER OF A CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
| 18767095 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ELUTING ANALYTES FROM IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 18742319 | COLUMN FLOW DAMPENER FOR MALS NOISE REDUCTION DURING SEC-MALS ANALYSIS | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508933 | PRESSED AND MIXED THIN FILM ENZYMATIC REACTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 22d |
| 18938818 | COMPACT LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND DETECTION | SINGER, DAVID L | — |
| 18777771 | DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHASE VELOCITY CONTROL ACROSS THE DIAMETER OF A CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
| 18772812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVENT MIXING IN A CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM | BHATIA, ANSHU | — |
| 18767095 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ELUTING ANALYTES FROM IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 18742319 | COLUMN FLOW DAMPENER FOR MALS NOISE REDUCTION DURING SEC-MALS ANALYSIS | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — |
| 18471808 | SAMPLE QUANTIFICATION CONSISTENCY AND CLASSIFICATION WORKFLOW | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 3 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1693 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938818 | COMPACT LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND DETECTION | SINGER, DAVID L | 2855 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18785572 | METHODS OF MULTIPLEXED ANALYTE CHARACTERIZATION | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | 1797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18777771 | DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHASE VELOCITY CONTROL ACROSS THE DIAMETER OF A CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18772812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVENT MIXING IN A CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM | BHATIA, ANSHU | 1774 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18767095 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ELUTING ANALYTES FROM IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18742319 | COLUMN FLOW DAMPENER FOR MALS NOISE REDUCTION DURING SEC-MALS ANALYSIS | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18679628 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTRACTION METHOD AND KIT | BERRY, LAYLA D | 1693 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18634339 | CHARGED AEROSOL DETECTORS | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18508933 | PRESSED AND MIXED THIN FILM ENZYMATIC REACTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18471808 | SAMPLE QUANTIFICATION CONSISTENCY AND CLASSIFICATION WORKFLOW | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18464063 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MULTI-POLE DEVICE TO REDUCE OMISSION OF EXITING CHARGED PARTICLES FROM DOWNSTREAM ANALYSIS | CHOI, JAMES J | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18366149 | MRNA ANALYSIS USING RESTRICTION ENZYMES | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 1682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18328722 | PREPARATION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE ENCAPSULATED NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR ACCURATE COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | Jun 03, 2023 |
| 17893786 | HIGH SAMPLE THROUGHPUT DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER | GERIDO, DWAN A | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17751386 | SORBENT PARTICLES FOR SAMPLE TREATMENT | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17731952 | HYDROLYTICALLY STABLE ZWITTERIONIC CHROMATOGRAPHIC MATERIALS | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
| 16575909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIPID QUANTIFICATION | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1758 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialWATERS TECHNOLOGIES Corporation has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 17 examiners.
David L Singer has the most, with 1 of WATERS TECHNOLOGIES Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
