Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
140 pending office actions • 22 clients • 115 examiners • 68 art units • 0 of 140 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Davidson Kappel LLC is a patent law firm with 6667 career applications. The firm specializes in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. It maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.54. This performance is achieved with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.62. The firm currently has 105 pending office actions.
The avg office actions per allowance of 3.62 suggests a prosecution environment that requires several rounds of negotiation with USPTO examiners. In the Chemistry & Materials field, this level of interaction occurs to resolve technical rejections. The resolved allowance rate pct of 83.54 indicates an ability to secure grants across a volume of 6667 career applications. The 105 pending office actions represent a significant active current workload. For clients, these metrics show a firm with the capacity to handle large portfolios. The firm's 6667 career applications establish its presence in the Chemistry & Materials technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 5 (4%) |
| §103 only | 31 (22%) |
| §102 only | 6 (4%) |
| §112 only | 11 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 79 (56%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JIE | 5 | 62.5% | +19.3% |
| KIL, JINNEY | 4 | 46.7% | +52.6% |
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 4 | 63.9% | +39.5% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 3 | 71.8% | +12.7% |
| WU, JENNY R | 3 | 63.5% | +16.0% |
| GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 2 | 78.0% | +29.7% |
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 2 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
| YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 2 | 77.6% | +14.6% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 2 | 64.2% | +7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840126 | Transportation structure | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18840120 | Method for erecting a transportation structure | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774534 | SELF-POWERED EXCORE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING FLUX OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE | KIL, JINNEY | 147d overdue |
| 18021360 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN OPERATING MODE OF A MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOL | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 100d overdue |
| 18015487 | HEAT TREATED COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 97d overdue |
| 18278022 | Method of manufacturing steel | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 66d overdue |
| 18027319 | STEEL FOR LEAF SPRINGS OF AUTOMOBILES AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OF A LEAF THEREOF | YANG, JIE | 59d overdue |
| 18461044 | DIAGNOSTIC MEANS FOR THE DETECTION AND/OR QUANTIFICATION OF A PLURALITY OF ANALYTES PRESENT IN A SAMPLE | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 30d overdue |
| 18285429 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER TOOL, AND POWER TOOL | CAO, CHUN | 16d overdue |
| 18883747 | ZnAlMg-Coated Metal Sheet with Improved Flexibility and Corresponding Manufacturing Process | TUROCY, DAVID P | 11d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774534 | SELF-POWERED EXCORE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING FLUX OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE | KIL, JINNEY | 147d overdue |
| 18027319 | STEEL FOR LEAF SPRINGS OF AUTOMOBILES AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OF A LEAF THEREOF | YANG, JIE | 59d overdue |
| 18290551 | A method for manufacturing direct reduced iron | YANG, JIE | 4d overdue |
| 19263890 | Aircraft portion comprising a cabin air circulation system | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 2d overdue |
| 18709293 | Hot stamping die and hot stamping process using a hot stamping press | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1d overdue |
| 18903545 | AIRCRAFT DOOR MECHANISM | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 6d |
| 17616737 | A COLD ROLLED MARTENSITIC STEEL AND A METHOD OF MARTENSITIC STEEL THEREOF | YANG, JIE | 6d |
| 19289149 | DOUBLE COLD ROLLED NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL THEREOF | SU, XIAOWEI | 30d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 20 |
| 3731 | 10 |
| 1734 | 8 |
| 3726 | 6 |
| 3646 | 5 |
| 1738 | 5 |
| 3723 | 4 |
| 1735 | 4 |
| 3745 | 3 |
| 3724 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19490167 | Tool and Consumable | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19099085 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT | MTU Aero Engines AG | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19352994 | Power tool having a direction switch for selecting a direction of rotation | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | PALMER, LUCAS E A | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19311171 | A NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL THEREOF | ArcelorMittal | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19289149 | DOUBLE COLD ROLLED NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL THEREOF | ArcelorMittal | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19287878 | A NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL THEREOF | ArcelorMittal | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19148327 | Method for controlling a construction robot, and construction robot | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | RINK, RYAN J | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19263890 | Aircraft portion comprising a cabin air circulation system | Dassault Aviation | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19250580 | CLOSURE FOR A CASE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19142930 | Shaft-hub connection arrangement between a metallic shaft and a hub made of plastic | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | HALL, ZACHARY A | 3678 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19139460 | COCKTAIL SHAKER WITH MOVABLE COVER | Speed Tin LLC | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19220065 | Noise Reducing Water Resistant Headpiece | Deejayzoo, LLC | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19131205 | HANDHELD ELECTRIC TOOL | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19207697 | PLAIN BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE HAVING A PLAIN BEARING ARRANGEMENT | MTU Aero Engines AG | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19206040 | AIRCRAFT VISION SYSTEM WITH AN INCONSISTENCY DETECTION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | Dassault Aviation | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 4100 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19178276 | High toughness press-hardened steel part and method of manufacturing the same | ArcelorMittal | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19120051 | CHIP COLLECTION BOX FOR CUTTING TOOL | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | ALIE, GHASSEM | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19172935 | ASSEMBLY FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS FOR REDUCING CONTACT BETWEEN CONTAINERS AND SIDEWALLS OF ASSEMBLY | Schott Pharma Schweiz AG | ACKUN, JACOB K | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19172874 | NON-CONTACT PROCESSING OF FORMED CARTRIDGES | Schott Pharma AG & Co. Kgaa | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 35525261 | Part of panty hose | Saint Sass GmbH | BROWN-LORRIG, CHRISTEN PILAR | 2912 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19108872 | HOT ROLLING WITH RESIDUAL ELEMENTS | ArcelorMittal | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19106755 | Vehicle Dash Panel Assembly | ArcelorMittal | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 3672 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19106954 | POWER TOOL WITH A DUST COLLECTION BOX, AND DUST COLLECTION BOX | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19104841 | SEALING AIRLOCK FOR DEPOSITION CHAMBER | ArcelorMittal | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19103076 | Machine tool with a sealing device | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | TECCO, ANDREW M | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19101357 | Panel connector with additional interlock | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18995666 | SHOCK ABSORBING DEVICE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18879698 | Automotive vehicle with press hardened visible steel parts | ArcelorMittal | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18870863 | Metal drill bit and method | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 3799 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18869571 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING ROLLS USED FOR ROLLING IN A HIGHLY TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT | ArcelorMittal | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18867432 | POWER TOOL WITH PARALLEL OUTPUT AND MOTOR AXES | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18865939 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE IN AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | PAUL, ANTONY M | 2837 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18863684 | Flexible glass element and method for its production | Schott AG | ESTRADA, ANGEL R | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18859671 | INTERFACE FOR CONNECTING PARTIAL SHAFTS IN A FUNCTIONAL UNIT, FUNCTIONAL UNIT AND MACHINE TOOL | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18903545 | AIRCRAFT DOOR MECHANISM | Dassault Aviation | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3642 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18901196 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR FASTENING A TOOL DISC TO A POWER TOOL, POWER TOOL, AND FASTENING METHOD | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | SAENZ, ALBERTO | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18900035 | TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES VIA ADMINISTRATION OF BUNTANETAP AND A PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | SHIAO, REI TSANG | 1691 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18894862 | SUCTIONING COVER FOR A CORE DRILL BIT HAVING A PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE, AND USE OF THE SUCTIONING COVER | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 35524374 | Part of panty hose | Saint Sass GmbH | WILLIAMS, CAITLIN MACKENZIE | 2912 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18890220 | RECLINING AIRCRAFT SEAT STRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CABIN | Dassault Aviation | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18848390 | MIRABEGRON FORMULATION | Rheinsche Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18885863 | Hot forming tool for glass bottle necks | Schott Pharma AG & Co. Kgaa | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 1741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18883747 | ZnAlMg-Coated Metal Sheet with Improved Flexibility and Corresponding Manufacturing Process | ArcelorMittal | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18814693 | AGGLOMERATION UNIT, SUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AGGLOMERATING VACUUMED MATERIAL | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18813139 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AND TREATING A LIQUID, FILTER BAG, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILTER BAG AND USE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18840140 | Method for erecting a transportation structure | ArcelorMittal | SCHIMPF, TARA E | 3676 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18840126 | Transportation structure | ArcelorMittal | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18840120 | Method for erecting a transportation structure | ArcelorMittal | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18790073 | WET AND DRY VACUUM CLEANER | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18784833 | AIRCRAFT PORTION COMPRISING A CABIN TRIM PANEL | Dassault Aviation | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial83.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC were allowed, across 6,677 applications in USPTO records.
3.62 office actions per allowed application on average.
140 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 115 examiners in 68 art units.