Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Additon, Pendleton & Witherspoon, P.A. is a patent law firm that focuses on the Chemistry & Materials technology area, having handled 1999 career applications. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 88.0 percent, demonstrating its results in securing patent protection for chemical and materials science innovations. This rate is an indicator of their proficiency in this field.
The firm currently manages 8 pending office actions. Their prosecution history includes an average of 3.24 office actions per allowance. This figure reflects the level of engagement with examiners required to move an application from filing to grant. For practitioners, the 3.24 average provides a benchmark for planning resources and managing client expectations in Chemistry & Materials.
With 1999 career applications, the firm has experience in the industry. The 88.0 percent allowance rate and 3.24 office actions per allowance together paint a picture of a firm with a track record of success and a consistent approach to prosecution. These metrics, along with the 8 pending office actions, offer a view of the firm's performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 1 | 81.7% | +19.5% |
| SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1 | 15.2% | +22.6% |
| STANLEY, JANE L | 1 | 58.4% | +29.5% |
| KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 1 | 50.6% | +34.4% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.5% | +15.9% |
| BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| DICUS, TAMRA | 1 | 30.5% | +21.4% |
| DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1 | 56.4% | +61.2% |
| KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1 | 45.2% | +15.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020121 | FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712394 | High-Pressure Vessel Having Impact-Resistant Stiffener Member | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 12d |
| 18849698 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18644717 | APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 19d overdue |
| 18712394 | High-Pressure Vessel Having Impact-Resistant Stiffener Member | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 12d |
| 19020121 | FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | — |
| 18849698 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
| 18724315 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured From Same | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| 18039057 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Using Same | DICUS, TAMRA | — |
| 18010048 | Polyphosphonate Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | — |
| 17620877 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Using Same | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Lotte | 6 |
| BRIJ Medical, Inc. | 2 |
| Cem Corporation | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020121 | FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS | Brij Medical, Inc. | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18849698 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same | Lotte Chemical Corporation | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18724315 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured From Same | Lotte Chemical Corporation | STANLEY, JANE L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| 18712394 | High-Pressure Vessel Having Impact-Resistant Stiffener Member | Lotte Chemical Corporation | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18644717 | APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS | Brij Medical, Inc. | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18237576 | Peptide Synthesis Processes | Cem Corporation | BANERJEE, KOYELI | 1658 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18039057 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Using Same | Lotte Chemical Corporation | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18010048 | Polyphosphonate Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom | Lotte Chemical Corporation | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17620877 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Using Same | Lotte Chemical Corporation | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2021 |
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