Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
18 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES Corporation currently has 19 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 10 distinct art units. The prosecution is handled by 19 distinct examiners, meaning that every single pending action is being reviewed by a unique individual. This ratio of 19 distinct examiners to 19 pending office actions is a specific feature of the current portfolio.
SINGER, DAVID L is the busiest examiner, yet he manages only 1 pending office action. This lack of examiner overlap across 10 distinct art units suggests that the company must manage 19 different examination approaches simultaneously. Practitioners should be prepared for a variety of feedback, as no single examiner holds a significant portion of the pending cases. The 10 distinct art units necessitate a strategy to address the technical standards encountered during the prosecution of these 19 pending office actions. This decentralized environment requires a highly adaptable approach to move the portfolio forward.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 (11%) |
| §103 only | 5 (28%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (61%) |
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% | +42.2% |
| MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1 | 78.0% | +48.4% |
| LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 1 | 82.6% | +8.0% |
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.3% | +35.1% |
| GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1 | 72.6% | +15.7% |
| BERRY, LAYLA D | 1 | 66.0% | +9.0% |
| MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 1 | 62.0% | +9.4% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 48.1% | +44.7% |
| WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1 | 71.0% | +26.6% |
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 |
| 18906390 | DUAL DELIVERY NEEDLE WASH SYSTEM | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| 18816552 | VIAL ADAPTER, SYSTEM AND METHOD | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — |
| 18767095 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ELUTING ANALYTES FROM IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18498328 | METHODS OF MRNA POLY(A) TAIL LENGTH AND HETEROGENEITY ANALYSIS | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 9d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18906390 | DUAL DELIVERY NEEDLE WASH SYSTEM | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 3 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1777 | 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 | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18906390 | DUAL DELIVERY NEEDLE WASH SYSTEM | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18816552 | VIAL ADAPTER, SYSTEM AND METHOD | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18767095 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ELUTING ANALYTES FROM IMMUNOAFFINITY COLUMNS | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18742319 | COLUMN FLOW DAMPENER FOR MALS NOISE REDUCTION DURING SEC-MALS ANALYSIS | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18679628 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTRACTION METHOD AND KIT | BERRY, LAYLA D | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18647811 | PARTICLES FOR AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF | MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 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 |
| 18498328 | METHODS OF MRNA POLY(A) TAIL LENGTH AND HETEROGENEITY ANALYSIS | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18471808 | SAMPLE QUANTIFICATION CONSISTENCY AND CLASSIFICATION WORKFLOW | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | — | §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 |
| 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 |
| 18053093 | VIRUS PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN VARIANT SELECTION WORKFLOW | XU, XIAOYUN | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
| 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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