Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
195 pending office actions • 104 clients • 180 examiners • 119 art units • 0 of 195 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP has 197 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 7561 career applications. The pending docket gives practitioners a direct measure of current prosecution activity, while the application volume provides a broader context for evaluating the firm’s experience in this technology area.
Its resolved allowance rate is 85.55%, and the average is 3.11 office actions per allowance. Together, these figures indicate that successful outcomes commonly involve continued examination activity rather than immediate resolution. Applicants considering this practice can use the combination of allowance outcomes and action frequency to plan for response work, amendment strategy, and prosecution budgets.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 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. 43 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 20 (10%) |
| §103 only | 62 (32%) |
| §102 only | 4 (2%) |
| §112 only | 13 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 90 (46%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 3 | 49.3% | +44.2% |
| STERLING, AMY JO | 2 | 76.7% | +10.5% |
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 2 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 2 | 70.4% | +19.7% |
| PAUL, SHREYA | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DOUYON, LORNA M | 2 | 56.8% | +72.1% |
| ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA | 2 | 59.1% | +46.9% |
| RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW | 2 | 64.8% | +37.0% |
| KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY | 2 | 52.7% | +1.3% |
| BEANE, RANDALL L | 2 | 32.9% | +36.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18025871 | CALCULATION DEVICE, SURFACE ROUGHNESS PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION METHOD | SUN, XIUQIN | 169d overdue |
| 17672004 | USE OF 12-LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 | BUTTICE, AUDREY L | 131d overdue |
| 18703464 | INSTALLATION FOR THE INDUCTIVE TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC POWER FROM A PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM OF THE INSTALLATION TO A SECONDARY WINDING OF A MOBILE PART OF THE INSTALLATION THAT IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INSTALLATION | PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN | 128d overdue |
| 17973738 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING TREATING AND MONITORING CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN | TOTH, KAREN E | 91d overdue |
| 17609204 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR OPTIMIZING BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 60d overdue |
| 18487192 | WINDOWLESS WINDOW SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND/OR HANDHELD VAPORIZER DEVICES | DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA | 46d overdue |
| 19197213 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PERSONAL AGENT | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 44d overdue |
| 17276393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING EVENTS | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 32d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18033962 | CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS FABRIC CONDITIONERS | BOYER, CHARLES I | 146d overdue |
| 18038607 | PEPTIDE HAVING PROTECTIVE ACTIVITY AGAINST CELL DAMAGE CAUSED BY PARTICULATE MATTER, AND USES FOR SAME | BEANE, RANDALL L | 4d overdue |
| 19092500 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | STERLING, AMY JO | — |
| 19046618 | CANTILEVER DEVICE FOR A CHARGING STATION, HOUSING ARRANGEMENT WITH SUCH A CANTILEVER DEVICE AND CHARGING STATION ARRANGEMENT SUCH A CANTILEVER DEVICE | STERLING, AMY JO | — |
| 18997920 | DEVICE FOR A VALVE IN PROCESS FLUID TECHNOLOGY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| 18869170 | COMPOSITION | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18869260 | COMPOSITION | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| 18845282 | CONCENTRATED FABRIC CONDITIONER | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 11 |
| 2834 | 7 |
| 3753 | 6 |
| 3796 | 5 |
| 1621 | 4 |
| 1718 | 4 |
| 1628 | 4 |
| 2859 | 4 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 3763 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19567752 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUD RESISTANT CLOSING RECORD GENERATION AND VERIFICATION | Ameristract Title Insurance Company, Inc. | NGUYEN, TAN D | 3629 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2026 |
| 19446045 | SINGLE SERVE SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS | Savepods Inc. | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 3761 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19367934 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MOBILE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | Guangdong Bilight Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19297528 | END EFFECTOR WITH INTEGRATED FEEDBACK PROTECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | Schunk SE & Co. Kg Spanntechnik Greiftechnik Automatisierungstechnik | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19265286 | QUANTUM TRANSCEIVER ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION | Q-Net LLC | WOLF, DARREN E | 2634 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19247749 | VALVE BLOCK BODY AND FITTING ASSEMBLY | Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | ROST, ANDREW J | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19138089 | METHOD, PROCESS VALVE, VALVE ASSEMBLY | Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | COLON MORALES, DAVID | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19223648 | VALVE BODY FOR A DIAPHRAGM VALVE, AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19197213 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PERSONAL AGENT | Simplenight, Inc. | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19123244 | VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM, VEHICLE INCLUDING VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | Zero Motorcycles, Inc. | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 3669 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19183655 | CARBON-EQUIVALENT OFFSETS FROM CONTRAIL REDUCTION | George Mason University | WATHEN, BRIAN W | 2151 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19092500 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Cable Management Solutions Inc. | STERLING, AMY JO | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19081022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY FREEZING COLD PACKS WITH A FLAT SIDE AND A CONVEX SIDE | Temperatsure, LLC | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19109393 | LAUNDRY COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | TUCKER, PHILIP C | 1745 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19107897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE STORAGE OF ENERGY | Cold Volt, Inc. | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19107688 | INTEGRATED MECHATRONIC SYSTEM FOR MANAGING OPHTHALMOLOGY SURGERIES UNDER THE FREE HANDS AND FEET CONCEPT THROUGH EXECUTION OF VOICE COMMANDS | Impel Ip, LLC | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19066494 | REUSABLE DISPENSER AND CARTRIDGE | Zgtl LLC | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | 3754 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19047812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY FREEZING FLAT COLD PACKS | Temperatsure, LLC | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19046618 | CANTILEVER DEVICE FOR A CHARGING STATION, HOUSING ARRANGEMENT WITH SUCH A CANTILEVER DEVICE AND CHARGING STATION ARRANGEMENT SUCH A CANTILEVER DEVICE | Ads-Tec Energy GmbH | STERLING, AMY JO | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19042432 | CHEMICAL SUPPLY APPARATUS AND CHEMICAL EXCHANGE METHOD | Semes Co., Ltd. | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18997904 | BRAKE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SHAFT AND A BRAKE-LINING CARRIER | Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. Kg | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18997912 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION, AND TECHNICAL INSTALLATION | Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. Kg | LE, TIEN MINH | 3656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18997920 | DEVICE FOR A VALVE IN PROCESS FLUID TECHNOLOGY | Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19018292 | SPIN ART STAMP CREATING DEVICE | Buyproduct Inc. | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | 2853 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18992313 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING RAW MATERIALS, AND CARBON PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD | Merenas Trust Reg. | MILLER, JONATHAN | 1772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18879830 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | Cartesian AS | RUPPERT, ERIC S | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 19004411 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY DEVICE | Lingxi-Ar Technology Co., Ltd. | CROCKETT, RYAN M | 2871 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2024 |
| 18879311 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY AND HYDRAULICALLY CONNECTING HOLLOW CONDUCTORS OF AN INTERNALLY COOLED ELECTRICAL MACHINE | Dynamic E Flow GmbH | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 2834 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18876643 | METHOD FOR SUCTIONING OFF PARTICLES, IN PARTICULAR WHEN CUTTING INDIVIDUAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS OUT OF A CIRCUIT BOARD PANEL, SUCTION DEVICE, SUCTION SYSTEM AND CUTTING MACHINE | Schunk Electronic Solutions GmbH | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18971597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERTURBATION USING PLURAL NON-ZERO ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM (OAM) QUANTUM PARTICLES | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18971640 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING CHANGE IN ONE OR MORE PATHOLOGY IN THE RETINAL COLOR FUNDUS IMAGE | Ihealthscreen Inc. | CAI, PHUONG HAU | 2673 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18872457 | SOLID STATE FORMS OF PALTUSOTINE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | Assia Chemical Industries Ltd. | MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS | 1625 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969848 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871276 | TREATMENT OF TISSUE USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | Somnial Inc. | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18961699 | ANGLE COMPENSATION UNIT WITH CONTROL AND LOCKING PISTON, CLAMPING AND/OR GRIPPING DEVICE, AND HANDLING DEVICE | Schunk SE & Co. Kg Spanntechnik Greiftechnik Automatisierungstechnik | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 3655 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18869170 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869252 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING ENZYME | CONOPCO, INC. | PAUL, SHREYA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869260 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | DOUYON, LORNA M | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869253 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | PAUL, SHREYA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18949049 | GRIPPING AND/OR CLAMPING DEVICE WITH AN INHIBITING TRANSMISSION | Schunk SE & Co. Kg Spanntechnik Greiftechnik Automatisierungstechnik | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18944239 | RESOLVER | Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18862685 | SOLID STATE FORMS OF ZAVEGEPANT HYDROCHLORIDE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | Tapi Czech Industries S.R.O. | WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN | 1621 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18933004 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING SHOWERHEAD | Semes Co., Ltd. | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18931807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE IMAGING | Surgivance, Inc. | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18860306 | HOLLOW STRUCTURE ANCHOR | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18858794 | SOLID STATE FORMS OF MIRDAMETINIB AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | Assia Chemical Industries Ltd. | FETTEROLF, BRANDON J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| 18858519 | TERMINAL BLOCK, AND I/O UNIT | Fanuc Corporation | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18857222 | PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF FINERENONE | Assia Chemical Inductries Ltd. | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | 1627 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18912887 | ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED AND REMOTE PLASMA-ASSISTED SIMULTANEOUS MATERIAL-SELECTIVE ETCHING AND GROWTH | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE | LU, JIONG-PING | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18906573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT TRAINING USING SMART MANIKINS, AUGMENTED REALITY AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING | Medtrainai Technologies Private Limited | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial85.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Carter, Deluca & Farrell LLP were allowed, across 7,561 applications in USPTO records.
3.11 office actions per allowed application on average.
195 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 104 clients, before 180 examiners in 119 art units.
