Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
30 pending office actions • 25 clients • 30 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC operates as a patent law firm with a focus on Chemistry & Materials. The firm has managed 2107 career applications, indicating a solid practice in this technical field. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 87.73 percent, demonstrating a track record of successful patent acquisitions. This performance metric is a key indicator of its effectiveness in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The firm's prosecution history provides a clear data set for prospective clients.
The firm currently handles 27 pending office actions. Its average of 2.81 office actions per allowance reflects the typical level of engagement required with patent examiners. This figure, combined with the 87.73 percent allowance rate, provides a clear picture of the firm's prosecution strategy. Practitioners can use the 2107 career applications and the 2.81 average office actions per allowance to evaluate the firm's operational results and prosecution intensity. These statistics offer a transparent view of the firm's work in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 6 (20%) |
| §102 only | 4 (13%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARMA, ABHISHEK | 1 | 83.5% | +0.3% |
| ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1 | 45.3% | +37.8% |
| FLORES, ROBERTO W | 1 | 49.7% | +13.9% |
| YU, ARIEL J | 1 | 40.3% | +27.4% |
| AUBREY, BETH A | 1 | 80.6% | +17.0% |
| ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | 1 | 84.6% | +6.1% |
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 81.8% | +7.4% |
| SINGH, RUPANGINI | 1 | 35.4% | +52.2% |
| NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 1 | 81.3% | +12.7% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19289723 | ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SARMA, ABHISHEK | — |
| 19053661 | PORTABLE FOOD CONCESSION VEHICLE | ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | — |
| 18994125 | A CUSHION | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18007138 | PATATIN AS BINDER IN MEAT SUBSTITUTES | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 49d overdue |
| 18320345 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER | CHOI, JISUN | 17d overdue |
| 18541084 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PATEL, OM | 11d overdue |
| 18364445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING KELP | BECKER, DREW E | 9d overdue |
| 18149358 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | BEAN, JARED C | 19d |
| 18441295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITE OF CIRCUITRY AND FABRIC | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | 22d |
| 19243942 | CARBON BLACK PELLETS CONTAINING GRAPHENE | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
| 19208072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE COST SAVINGS | YU, ARIEL J | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243942 | CARBON BLACK PELLETS CONTAINING GRAPHENE | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
| 19223275 | APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | FLORES, ROBERTO W | — |
| 19208072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE COST SAVINGS | YU, ARIEL J | — |
| 19109359 | A POST | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| 18965122 | UNIVERSAL FARE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM | SINGH, RUPANGINI | — |
| 18958725 | Piercing Cap For a Chub | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2621 | 2 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 2638 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19289723 | ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Huike (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. | SARMA, ABHISHEK | 2621 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19243942 | CARBON BLACK PELLETS CONTAINING GRAPHENE | Continental Carbon Co. | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19223275 | APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Huike (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 2621 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19208072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE COST SAVINGS | Care Coordination Systems, LLC | YU, ARIEL J | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19109359 | A POST | Flexiroof Limited | AUBREY, BETH A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 | |
| 19053661 | PORTABLE FOOD CONCESSION VEHICLE | Hitch-Hiker Mfg., Inc. | ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 18994125 | A CUSHION | Rolapal Limited | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18965122 | UNIVERSAL FARE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM | Melvin Jason Moua Mango | SINGH, RUPANGINI | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18958725 | Piercing Cap For a Chub | Ingersoll Products Inc. | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18798954 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH ROLLER BRUSH CLEANING STRUCTURE | Suzhou Smorobot Technology Co., Ltd. | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 | |
| 18798943 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH DISPLAY DEVICE | Suzhou Smorobot Technology Co., Ltd. | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 | |
| 18782232 | BUMPER WITH SELECTIVELY ATTACHABLE LIGHT BARS | Deist Industries, Inc. | SONG, ZHENG B | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18754977 | HANDS-FREE DYNAMIC TOOL & EQUIPMENT HOLDER | Smi Industries, LLC | TAN, DING Y | 3632 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18749755 | Method And Apparatus For Mapping Distribution of Chemical Compounds in Soil | S4 Mobile Laboratories, LLC | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2877 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | 188d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18737636 | FEEDBACK CIRCUIT WITH ADJUSTABLE LOOP GAIN FOR A BOOST CONVERTER | Goodix Technology (Hk) Company Limited | LAXTON, GARY L | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18441295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITE OF CIRCUITRY AND FABRIC | HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18292477 | PATATIN AS BINDER IN FOOD PRODUCTS OTHER THAN MEAT SUBSTITUTES | Coöperatie Koninklijke Avebe U.A. | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18579557 | METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR UNIT FOR PROCESSING IMAGE | Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. | BHUIYAN, FAYEZ A | 2638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18396952 | SELF-ASSEMBLABLE FIRE PIT | Roman Bradford Corporation | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | 3799 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18541084 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. | PATEL, OM | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18506189 | Multi-Sensory Training Protocol and Apparatus | Eyelux Integrations, LLC | COX, THADDEUS B | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 | |
| 18447635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING GUTTER HOLE | Workman Home Improvements, LLC | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18364445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING KELP | BLUE DOT KITCHEN, SPC | BECKER, DREW E | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18331277 | Transparent Biaxially Oriented Film Overlay for Marking Coated Tags | Infosight Corporation | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18320345 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER | Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18043724 | TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | BEIJING HUA TAN YUAN XIN ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18007138 | PATATIN AS BINDER IN MEAT SUBSTITUTES | Coöperatie Koninklijke Avebe U.A. | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 18156836 | ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING USED AND FRESH COOKING OIL | Frontline International Inc. | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18149358 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
| 17394457 | COMPOSITION FOR CORROSION PREVENTION | Tesla Nanocoatings, Inc. | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2021 |
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