Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
69 pending office actions • 31 clients • 67 examiners • 53 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP has 2,848 career applications and 69 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The recorded application history is substantial, and the open-action docket shows continuing prosecution activity in this technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 83.61%, with an average of 3.09 office actions per allowance. These measures provide distinct planning information. The allowance rate addresses resolved outcomes, while the average indicates the amount of office-action interaction associated with allowed matters. A client can use both figures to frame expectations for response work, while still reviewing the chemistry, materials, and claim-specific issues in an individual portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 only | 3 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (9%) |
| §103 only | 29 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 2 | 82.5% | +17.0% |
| SAEED, ALI S | 2 | 31.6% | +33.8% |
| VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1 | 29.9% | +45.8% |
| SHUTTY, DAVID G | 1 | 69.1% | +12.9% |
| IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 1 | 81.0% | +13.7% |
| NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | 1 | 74.7% | +10.7% |
| LY, TOMMY TAI | 1 | 80.0% | +23.6% |
| HIRT, ERIN E | 1 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
| VARMA, ASHISH K | 1 | 74.4% | +32.4% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 74.8% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18338434 | Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 22d overdue |
| 18729541 | Sustained Release Pharmaceutical Composition of Upadacitinib | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865562 | Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 16d overdue |
| 18975570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3d overdue |
| 18249244 | BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 3d overdue |
| 18248438 | Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests | PERRY, MONICA L | 14d |
| 18109620 | HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 28d |
| 17439644 | CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 34d |
| 16951638 | METHOD OF USING CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITOR THERAPY TO MODULATE ANTI-TUMORAL RESPONSE AGAINST CANCER AND SENSITIZE GLIOMAS TO IMMUNOTHERAPY | BUTTICE, AUDREY L | 57d |
| 18744066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION AND HEALTH OF PLANTS | TON, TRI T | 82d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18338434 | Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 22d overdue |
| 19086455 | Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth | HIRT, ERIN E | 55d |
| 19403140 | Systems and Methods for Anatomical and Device Optimization | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | — |
| 19478060 | PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY | SHUTTY, DAVID G | — |
| 19478125 | PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | — |
| 19290041 | SHUT-OFF NOZZLE FOR INJECTION MOLDING | NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | — |
| 19129428 | Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker | LY, TOMMY TAI | — |
| 19075003 | Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment | VARMA, ASHISH K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1616 | 5 |
| 1761 | 3 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3674 | 2 |
| 1772 | 2 |
| 1613 | 2 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19403140 | Systems and Methods for Anatomical and Device Optimization | Dasisimulations, LLC | VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT | 1687 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2025 |
| 19478060 | PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY | Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- Und Wellpappenwerke & Co. | SHUTTY, DAVID G | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19478125 | PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCTION MACHINE AND A PACKAGING MATERIAL SUPPLY | Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- Und Wellpappenwerke & Co. | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19290041 | SHUT-OFF NOZZLE FOR INJECTION MOLDING | Moxietec, LLC | NGUYEN, THUKHANH T | 1743 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19129428 | Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker | Northwestern University | LY, TOMMY TAI | 3797 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19086455 | Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth | Midwestern Bioag Holdings, LLC | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19075003 | Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | VARMA, ASHISH K | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19053742 | Efficient Ray-Tracing Rendering Processor with Optimization for Mobile Devices and Support of Inverse Rendering | Northwestern University | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19101115 | Steel having improved processing properties for working at elevated temperatures | ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19020655 | PROTECTIVE FILMS | Zagg Inc. | HARM, NICKOLAS R | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18975570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION | Ohio State Innovation Foundation | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18865562 | Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics Using Deep Learning | Northwestern University | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18930310 | MELTING FURNACE PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | Fives North American Combustion, Inc. | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18921632 | CUSTOMIZED DATA MANAGEMENT BASED ON DATABASE ANALYTICS | Suprworks, LLC | TSUI, WILSON W | 2172 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18884074 | DUAL STAGE ADVANCED FUEL WATER SEPARATOR | Atmus Filtration Inc. | MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | 1772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18844366 | FILTER CARTRIDGE WITH OFFSET OUTLET AND INTEGRATED BYPASS | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 | |
| 18843824 | Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1651 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18843771 | Materials and Methods for Treating Iron Deficiencies and Iron Chlorosis in Plants | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1613 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18839484 | Cleaner for Hard Surfaces | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | ELHILO, EISA B | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18801926 | Organic Food Preservative Compositions | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18800688 | Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18729541 | Sustained Release Pharmaceutical Composition of Upadacitinib | Renata Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) Limited | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 1616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18744066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION AND HEALTH OF PLANTS | Soli Organic, Inc. | TON, TRI T | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18672945 | ADDITIVE ONLINE COMPLETE LINKAGE CLUSTERING | Jamf Software, LLC | HU, XIAOQIN | 2168 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18643489 | Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18643624 | Valve Arrangement for a Filtration System | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| 18703524 | ANODE SIDE WATER SEPARATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR FUEL CELL | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | RUTISER, CLAIRE A | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18698475 | Compositions and Methods for Flocculation | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18698652 | Grinding Aid Compositions and Methods of Use | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18684765 | STEEL HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES FOR WORKING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES | ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18684721 | STEEL HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES FOR WORKING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES | ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18441168 | PROTECTING CIRCUIT FOR BATTERY DURING ENGINE STARTING EVENTS | Kold-Ban International, Ltd. | TRISCHLER, JOHN T | 2859 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18682280 | CRANKCASE VENTILATION FILTERS WITH AXIAL SEAL MEMBER | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18434309 | SEALING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FILTRATION SYSTEM | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | ALI, WAQAAS A | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18426786 | DETECTION OF MISFOLDED ALPHA SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN | Amprion, Inc. | FONTAINHAS, AURORA M | 1675 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18292210 | FILTER CARTRIDGE WITH EXPANDABLE ENDPLATE SEAL | CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1773 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18556393 | TWO-STAGE DYNAMIC CONTROL OVER REDOX STATE IMPROVES CYSTOLIC EXPRESSION OF DISULFIDE CONTAINING PROETEINS IN E. COLI | Duke University | HOLLAND, PAUL J | 1656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18472983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY AND ACCESS RISK REDUCTION INFORMED BY RISK SIGNALING AND DEVICE POSTURE | Jamf Software, LLC | BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL | 2437 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18369971 | Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth | Midwestern Bioag Holdings, LLC | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18465679 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN CLEANING METAL COMPONENTS | VGP IPCO LLC | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18338434 | Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 3674 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18256000 | AN ELECTRIC HEATER FOR A MACHINE FOR PREPARING HOT BEVERAGES | I.R.C.A. S.p.A. Ind. Resistenze Corazzate E Affini | KERR, ELIZABETH M | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18327725 | ELECTRICAL WRITE/READ OF HIGH-INFORMATION-DENSITY MAGNETIC THIN FILM | Northwestern University | SMET, UYEN TRAN | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18321402 | HIGH PERFORMANCE CONFORMAL COATINGS | Epoxy Technology, Inc. | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18252213 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P | 1623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18250465 | PREFORM OF A PLASTIC CONTAINER | S.I.P.A. Società di Industrializzazione Progettazione e Automazione S.P.A. | VINEIS, FRANK J | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18249244 | BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2023 |
| 18248438 | Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | PERRY, MONICA L | 3644 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18297604 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MINERALS AND METALS FROM ORE | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2023 |
| 18248380 | NAIL POLISH REMOVER COMPRISING GLYCOLIPIDS | Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial83.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP were allowed, across 2,848 applications in USPTO records.
3.09 office actions per allowed application on average.
69 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 31 clients, before 67 examiners in 53 art units.
