Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
210 pending office actions • 109 clients • 194 examiners • 99 art units • 0 of 210 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP manages 146 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This current workload is part of a history of 7533 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 85.63 percent, which measures the proportion of applications that reach a grant.
The prosecution process for this portfolio involves an average of 3.1 office actions per allowance. This figure is based on the firm's total volume of 7533 career applications and indicates the typical level of interaction required with the USPTO. The 146 pending office actions represent the current active matters being prosecuted.
With a resolved allowance rate of 85.63 percent, the firm demonstrates its ability to navigate the Chemistry & Materials sector. These matters are handled within a framework that averages 3.1 office actions per allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 58 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. 58 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (9%) |
| §103 only | 68 (32%) |
| §102 only | 4 (2%) |
| §112 only | 14 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 97 (46%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 | 49.5% | +44.0% |
| STERLING, AMY JO | 2 | 76.6% | +10.5% |
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 2 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| PAUL, SHREYA | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 2 | 70.3% | +19.7% |
| HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 2 | 48.6% | +31.7% |
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 2 | 74.5% | +23.6% |
| ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA | 2 | 59.1% | +46.9% |
| RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW | 2 | 64.8% | +37.0% |
| BEANE, RANDALL L | 2 | 32.7% | +36.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18020138 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 2d 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 | — |
| 18869264 | COMPOSITION | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 10 |
| 3753 | 5 |
| 3761 | 4 |
| 2834 | 4 |
| 1791 | 4 |
| 3796 | 3 |
| 1759 | 3 |
| 1718 | 3 |
| 1628 | 3 |
| 3628 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| 19141612 | ORDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Taretta Pty Ltd. AS Trustee For Henshall Family Trust | WU, RUTAO | 3623 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 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 |
| 19220885 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT | Docter Optics SE | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 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 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 | |
| 19092500 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Cable Management Solutions Inc. | STERLING, AMY JO | §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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19109393 | LAUNDRY COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | TUCKER, PHILIP C | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 | |
| 19066494 | REUSABLE DISPENSER AND CARTRIDGE | Zgtl LLC | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | §102Other | 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 |
| 19047812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY FREEZING FLAT COLD PACKS | Temperatsure, LLC | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | §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 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 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. | 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 18879311 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY AND HYDRAULICALLY CONNECTING HOLLOW CONDUCTORS OF AN INTERNALLY COOLED ELECTRICAL MACHINE | Dynamic E Flow GmbH | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | §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 | §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 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18969848 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18871276 | TREATMENT OF TISSUE USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | Somnial Inc. | BERTRAM, ERIC D | §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 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| 18869253 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | PAUL, SHREYA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869170 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869264 | COMPOSITION | CONOPCO, INC. | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18868369 | MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD | CONOPCO, INC. | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18949049 | GRIPPING AND/OR CLAMPING DEVICE WITH AN INHIBITING TRANSMISSION | Schunk SE & Co. Kg Spanntechnik Greiftechnik Automatisierungstechnik | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18944239 | RESOLVER | Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | §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 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 | |
| 18933004 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING SHOWERHEAD | Semes Co., Ltd. | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 | |
| 18931807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE IMAGING | Surgivance, Inc. | SAHAND, SANA | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| 18860306 | HOLLOW STRUCTURE ANCHOR | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18857222 | PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF FINERENONE | Assia Chemical Inductries Ltd. | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | — | 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 18709102 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | Gemü Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT TRAINING USING SMART MANIKINS, AUGMENTED REALITY AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING | Medtrainai Technologies Private Limited | ROWLAND, STEVE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18854173 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A 3D STRUCTURE IN A 3D PRINTING METHOD | Laempe Mössner Sinto GmbH | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18849082 | TRAINING MANIKIN WITH COMPRESSIVE CHEST | Laerdal Medical AS | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18882799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION | George Mason University | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18830736 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM | Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | QI, ZHENGQING J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| 18829578 | AIR AND ROAD VEHICLE SYSTEM | Luftcar LLC | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial85.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Carter, Deluca & Farrell LLP were allowed, across 7,533 applications in USPTO records.
3.10 office actions per allowed application on average.
210 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 109 clients, before 194 examiners in 99 art units.