Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
49 pending office actions • 29 clients • 46 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC handles Chemistry & Materials matters and reports 50 pending office actions across 5551 career applications. The figures show active prosecution within a broad recorded application portfolio.
The resolved allowance rate is 80.91%, and allowed matters average 2.73 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure describes resolved outcomes, while the office-action average indicates that successful matters generally require continued examination engagement. Practitioners can use these measures to plan chemistry and materials prosecution with attention to both outcome expectations and response activity.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 3 (6%) |
| §103 only | 16 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 23 (47%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN | 2 | 60.9% | +38.9% |
| NGUYEN, SONNY V | 2 | 36.7% | +24.8% |
| BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 2 | 42.9% | +15.8% |
| HALE, GLORIA M | 1 | 73.0% | +19.3% |
| SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 1 | 76.0% | +6.6% |
| LAO, LUNSEE | 1 | 75.8% | +15.8% |
| NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1 | 53.6% | +50.8% |
| KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 81.3% | +7.3% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 57.4% | +25.7% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 1 | 72.9% | +23.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876103 | METHOD FOR SNORE ATTRIBUTION | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18960782 | SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 73d overdue |
| 17410016 | NATURAL FEED COMPOSITION DERIVED FROM FRESH WATER ALGAL CULTURES FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANIMAL GROWTH | XU, QING | 58d overdue |
| 18515991 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 25d overdue |
| 18418561 | MATERIAL CONVEYING DEVICE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 12d |
| 14890400 | FLAVOR VORTEX DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 53d |
| 18819421 | UNIVERSAL TUBE STUB PLUG WITH SEAL PORT | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 83d |
| 19116012 | WASHABLE GLOVE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 19064026 | MULTI-CHAMBER SUPPRESSOR FOR MULTI-BARREL ROTARY MACHINE GUN | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18960782 | SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 73d overdue |
| 17243074 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 28d |
| 14890400 | FLAVOR VORTEX DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 53d |
| 19116012 | WASHABLE GLOVE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 18989817 | SOUND SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED VIBRATION COMPENSATION | LAO, LUNSEE | — |
| 18988752 | ALGORIPHAGUS SP, BOSEA SP, BREVUNDIMONAS SP, DESULFOVIBRIO SP, MICROBACTERIUM SP, SPHINGOMONAS SP, AND VARIOVORAX SP FOR USE IN DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT | NGUYEN, NGHI V | — |
| 18953402 | SYSTEM FOR REGULATING TEMPERATURE AND AIRFLOW INTEGRATED IN VEHICLE SEAT | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18696356 | VAPOUR DELIVERY APPARATUS | MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 8 |
| 1747 | 5 |
| 1749 | 3 |
| 2694 | 2 |
| 1745 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2691 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19116012 | WASHABLE GLOVE | Susta Sustainable Merchandise Handels GmbH | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19064026 | MULTI-CHAMBER SUPPRESSOR FOR MULTI-BARREL ROTARY MACHINE GUN | US Trinity Defense LLC | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18989817 | SOUND SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED VIBRATION COMPENSATION | Sound Solutions International (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. | LAO, LUNSEE | 2691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18988752 | ALGORIPHAGUS SP, BOSEA SP, BREVUNDIMONAS SP, DESULFOVIBRIO SP, MICROBACTERIUM SP, SPHINGOMONAS SP, AND VARIOVORAX SP FOR USE IN DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT | Zivo Bioscience, Inc. | NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876103 | METHOD FOR SNORE ATTRIBUTION | Sleep Cycle AB | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18960782 | SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION | Grove Collaborative, Inc. | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18953402 | SYSTEM FOR REGULATING TEMPERATURE AND AIRFLOW INTEGRATED IN VEHICLE SEAT | Toyota Boshoku America | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18948917 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES FROM USED MOLDING SAND | National Pingtung University Of Science And Technology | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18819421 | UNIVERSAL TUBE STUB PLUG WITH SEAL PORT | Compart Systems Pte. Ltd. | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18796114 | PREDICTIVE OVERLAY NETWORK ARCHITECTURE | System73 Ltd. | ASRES, HERMON | 2449 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18835596 | MOTORCYCLE TEST STAND | Avl List GmbH | DO, AN H | 2853 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18767439 | ULTRA-SEAL GASKET FOR JOINING HIGH PURITY FLUID PATHWAYS | Compart Systems Pte. Ltd. | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | Other | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18717316 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM | Imperial Tobacco Limited | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 1747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18732613 | ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE | Fontem Ventures B.V. | GRAY, LINDA LAMEY | 1745 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18644833 | THERMAL INTRAVENOUS SLEEVE | Nea Tivs, LLC | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18634858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BIOMARKER DETECTION | Viking North Ventures, LLC | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18697437 | VAPORISABLE LIQUID FOR A SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS | Imperial Tobacco Limited | SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18696994 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM | Imperial Tobacco Limited | PAUDEL, PRADEEP | 1749 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18696356 | VAPOUR DELIVERY APPARATUS | Imperial Tobacco Limited | MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18695341 | AEROSOL DELIVERY COMPONENT | Imperial Tobacco Limited | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 1755 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18695336 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS | Imperial Tobacco Limited | WILL, KATHERINE A | 1747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18694950 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS | Imperial Tobacco Limited | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18694406 | AEROSOL DELIVERY ARTICLE WITH AN INFRARED HEATER | Imperial Tobacco Limited | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18694248 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | Imperial Tobacco Limited | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 1755 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18693150 | FLAVOURANT PROVIDER AND SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE | Imperial Tobacco Limited | MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18692279 | A SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE | Imperial Tobacco Limited | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18692283 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE/SYSTEM | Imperial Tobacco Limited | SPARKS, RUSSELL E | 1755 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18692284 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE/SYSTEM | Imperial Tobacco Limited | YAARY, ERIC | 1755 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18418561 | MATERIAL CONVEYING DEVICE | Ach Solution GmbH | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18573280 | AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM | Imperial Tobacco Limited | EFTA, ALEX B | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18539174 | FLAT ELECTRODYNAMIC ACTUATOR | Sound Solutions International (Zhenjiang) Co. Ltd. | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2694 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18564550 | BODY CAVITY GEL | Cs Medica A/S | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18515991 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM | Lakeside Software, LLC | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 2857 | §101§102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18289540 | WOUND TREATMENT COMPOSITION | Cs Medica A/S | COPPINS, JANET L | 1628 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18286990 | HAIR SERUM AND SUPPLEMENT | Cs Medica A/S | KIM, DANIELLE A | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18277694 | A PREPARATION METHOD FOR A VANADIUM-NITROGEN ALLOY | Pangang Group Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute Co., Ltd. | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 17911602 | CERAMIC MATERIAL FOR IMPROVING SURFACE ADHESION OF DENTAL ZIRCONIA, RESTORATIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND ADHESION METHOD THEREOF | Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology Co., Ltd. | LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18270266 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO IMPLANT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ELEMENTS | Bonearmed S.R.L | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18124312 | DIRTY WATER AND EXHAUST CONSTITUENT FREE, DIRECT STEAM GENERATION, CONVAPORATOR SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD | Xdi Holdings, LLC | KOSANOVIC, HELENA | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 17776148 | LIFTING COLUMN | Linak A/S | IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | 3631 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
| 17587582 | MATURATION OF IMMUNE AND METABOLIC PROCESSES VIA ALGAL BIOMASS AND/OR RELATED MATERIAL ADMINISTERED TO ANIMALS | Zivo Bioscience, Inc. | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
| 17504184 | UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN SYSTEM FOR CURED IN-PLACE PIPING | Interplastic Corporation | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1764 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2021 |
| 17410016 | NATURAL FEED COMPOSITION DERIVED FROM FRESH WATER ALGAL CULTURES FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANIMAL GROWTH | Zivo Bioscience, Inc. | XU, QING | 1656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2021 |
| 17243074 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE | Imperial Tobacco Limited | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Apr 28, 2021 |
| 17242791 | SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE | Imperial Tobacco Limited | BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN | 1755 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2021 |
| 17272109 | DETERMINING A DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | Fontem Ventures B.V. | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2021 |
| 15920966 | Catheter Assembly With Offset Device For Tissue Sampling | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2018 |
| 15885777 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AND MITIGATING ORGANIZATION DISRUPTION BASED ON FILE ACCESS PATTERNS | Jungle Disk, LLC | TRAN, AMY NMN | 2126 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2018 |
| 14890400 | FLAVOR VORTEX DEVICE | Loec, Inc. | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 1755 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Nov 10, 2015 |
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Start Free Trial80.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dykema Gossett Pllc were allowed, across 5,551 applications in USPTO records.
2.73 office actions per allowed application on average.
49 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 29 clients, before 46 examiners in 33 art units.
