Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Duane Morris LLP

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

62 pending office actions • 3 clients • 28 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Duane Morris LLP (UDC) handles Chemistry & Materials matters and reports 63 pending office actions across 13370 career applications. The pending workload reflects active prosecution, while the application total indicates a substantial recorded portfolio supporting that activity.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.71%. Allowed matters averaged 3.37 office actions per allowance, showing that allowance outcomes commonly followed multiple examination exchanges. For practitioners, the profile points to a sizable chemistry and materials practice with meaningful prosecution activity and a process that may require sustained response work.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=13370 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.7%
Allowance Rate
n=13370
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=13370
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=8409
-0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8409
1055 days
Time to Allowance
n=8409
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=13370
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=13370
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=13370

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.1%
§101 Overcome
n=1040
80.9%
§102 Overcome
n=3487
81.7%
§103 Overcome
n=5532
83.1%
§112 Overcome
n=4633

Specialization & Scale

H10K, C07F, C09K
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=13370
0
Practitioners
n=13370
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=13370 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

35
Hard (56%)
21
Medium (34%)
6
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (5%)
§103 only11 (18%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other6 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)32 (52%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

51
Life Sciences
82% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
6% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
6% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLARK, GREGORY D 12 84.7% +8.1%
JEON, SEOKMIN 5 59.4% +52.3%
KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 5 42.8% +35.4%
SIMBANA, RACHEL A 5 62.0% +45.2%
CHANDHOK, JENNA N 3 54.4% +30.1%
GARRETT, DAWN L 3 72.7% +10.2%
DEGUIRE, SEAN M 3 61.2% +27.7%
FANG, SHANE 2 76.6% +18.6%
DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M 2 62.1% -13.5%
NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC 2 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18495907 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC —
18449951 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —
18330385 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC —
18319182 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —
18297781 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —
18297759 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —
18297676 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —
18297735 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D —

Hard Cases (35)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18052981 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES SIMBANA, RACHEL A 35d overdue
17884823 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN 30d overdue
17844331 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES DEGUIRE, SEAN M 6d
18266829 NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 14d
18419591 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 22d
18345758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES GARRETT, DAWN L 23d
17680705 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES BOHATY, ANDREW K 23d
18171274 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D 34d

Interview Candidates (26)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17669821 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN 67d overdue
18052981 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES SIMBANA, RACHEL A 35d overdue
17884823 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN 30d overdue
17844331 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES DEGUIRE, SEAN M 6d
17687895 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN 16d
18419591 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 22d
18345758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES GARRETT, DAWN L 23d
18439329 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN 33d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
178637
17663
17892
17592
21141
26631
26651
17671
17311
16211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19098458 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CLEARING AND INSTALLING DATA ON A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING DEVICES Communications Test Design, Inc. SCHELL, JOSEPH O 2114 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19056167 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT COMPONENTS OF FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM Communications Test Design, Inc. WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER 2663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19056259 METHOD TO DETECT CAMERA BLEMISHES Communications Test Design, Inc. HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN 2665 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
18840589 AROMATIC HETREOCYCLES FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES UDC Ireland Limited GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18809529 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §103DP Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 20, 2024
18792897 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2024
18680083 ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION FANG, SHANE 1766 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18680115 HOST MATERIALS FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION FANG, SHANE 1766 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18439329 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION JEON, SEOKMIN 1786 §103Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18419591 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18527496 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18510702 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION NGUYEN, VU ANH §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 2023
18495907 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC 1786 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18495194 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18484926 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CHANDHOK, JENNA N 2817 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2023
18481087 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION SIMBANA, RACHEL A 2898 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2023
18480100 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION YOON, TAE H 1762 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18475852 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18476087 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18470488 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION LOEWE, ROBERT S 2893 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18458387 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18449951 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2023
18365273 NON-COMMON CAPPING LAYER ON AN ORGANIC DEVICE UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 04, 2023
18345758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18333784 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2023
18266829 NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES UDC Ireland Limited NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18330385 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC 1786 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18330037 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2023
18319182 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2023
18303707 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 20, 2023
18301418 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2023
18135146 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2023
18297752 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297781 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297725 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297759 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297702 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297691 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION DEGUIRE, SEAN M 1786 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297676 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297735 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297744 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18192310 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2023
18192263 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2023
18178087 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M 1766 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 03, 2023
18116390 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 02, 2023
18171274 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18168256 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2023
18149776 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2023
18052981 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2022
17953358 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 DP Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2022

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What is Duane Morris LLP's patent allowance rate?

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62 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 28 examiners in 18 art units.

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