Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
132 pending office actions • 49 clients • 119 examiners • 92 art units • 0 of 132 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP focuses on Chemistry & Materials and records 11044 career applications. Its profile includes 132 pending office actions, reflecting a large active prosecution workload supported by extensive application experience.
The resolved allowance rate is 90.47%, and the average office actions per allowance is 3.62. The outcome rate indicates favorable results among resolved matters, while the action average shows that allowance commonly follows several examination interactions.
For practitioners, the profile presents a combination of scale, current workload, and prosecution outcomes. Chemistry and materials matters may require careful management of technical distinctions and claim support across repeated responses. The figures support evaluating both the firm’s capacity to handle volume and the effort associated with reaching allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 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. 39 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (11%) |
| §103 only | 36 (27%) |
| §102 only | 5 (4%) |
| §112 only | 5 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 10 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 60 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTWENGLER, JAMES RICHARD | 4 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 4 | 61.2% | +27.7% |
| SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 2 | 61.9% | +11.5% |
| MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 2 | 24.8% | +25.0% |
| KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 2 | 45.3% | +17.2% |
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 2 | 36.6% | +48.3% |
| PILLAY, DEVINA | 2 | 44.4% | +25.5% |
| VISCONTI, GERALDINA | 2 | 86.5% | +1.6% |
| DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 2 | 51.5% | +41.2% |
| LEWIS, PATRICK T | 1 | 74.0% | +14.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18002008 | Organic Electronic Device Comprising a Compound of Formula (I), Display Device Comprising the Organic Electronic Device as Well as Compounds of Formula (I) for Use in Organic Electronic Devices | FORTWENGLER, JAMES RICHARD | 3d overdue |
| 18002562 | Organic Electronic Device Comprising a Compound of Formula (1), Display Device Comprising the Organic Electronic Device as Well as Compounds of Formula (1) for Use in Organic Electronic Devices | FORTWENGLER, JAMES RICHARD | 23d |
| 18002609 | Organic Compound of Formula (I) for Use in Organic Electronic Devices, a Composition Comprising a Compound of Formula (IV) and at Least One Compound of Formula (IVa) to (IVd), an Organic Semiconductor Layer Comprising the Compound or Composition, an Organic Electronic Device Comprising the Organic Semiconductor Layer, and a Display Device Comprising the Organic Electronic Device | VISCONTI, GERALDINA | — |
| 18000807 | Organic Light Emitting Diode and Device Comprising the Same | VISCONTI, GERALDINA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631712 | N-Doped Semiconducting Material Comprising Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Dopant | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 79d overdue |
| 18103190 | Transcranial Stimulation to Treat DMN Dysfunction in Normal and Abnormal Aging | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 26d overdue |
| 18080569 | SERVING DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE DEEP LEARNING (DL) MODELS IN SERVERLESS COMPUTING | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 23d overdue |
| 18455671 | CONNECTED DEVICE TO MEASURE INJECTED INSULIN | ALLEN, ROBERT F | 17d overdue |
| 17296018 | Organic Light Emitting Device and a Compound for Use Therein | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 17d overdue |
| 18177031 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING ELECTRIC TRAILERS | KIM, PATRICK | 3d overdue |
| 18679918 | ADAPTABLE PEDESTAL ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM FOR LEVELLING CONSTRUCTION SURFACES | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 6d |
| 18245128 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR INFUSIBLE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631712 | N-Doped Semiconducting Material Comprising Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Dopant | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 79d overdue |
| 18351601 | Organic Pigment Coating for Electronic Devices, Perovskite Solar Cells, and Methods | PILLAY, DEVINA | 38d overdue |
| 17296018 | Organic Light Emitting Device and a Compound for Use Therein | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 17d overdue |
| 17795870 | An Organic Electronic Device Comprising a Hole Injection Layer That Comprises a Hole Transport Compound | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 21d |
| 18770175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ROUTINE AND OPTIMIZING CHARGING OF A VEHICLE | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 56d |
| 19378929 | Untitled | LEWIS, PATRICK T | — |
| 19036425 | Firearm Holster with Adjustable Insert | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | — |
| 18934660 | RIGID ATTACHMENT SYSTEM | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 12 |
| 3783 | 5 |
| 1789 | 5 |
| 3775 | 4 |
| 3734 | 3 |
| 1767 | 3 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3626 | 2 |
| 2435 | 2 |
| 2876 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19378929 | Untitled | The Regents of the University of California | LEWIS, PATRICK T | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19449804 | ACCESSORY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | A Project LLC | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2026 |
| 19332866 | MULTIFUNCTION TOOL WITH INTEGRATED CARRY CASE AND MAGNETIZED PARTS TRAY | Multitasker Tools LLC | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19329351 | Microscope Objective | Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19307906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A ONE-TIME USE TOKEN FOR ITEM PURCHASE | Relay Payments, Inc. | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | 3694 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19278544 | METHOD AND AN ASSEMBLY FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19144828 | STREAM PROCESSING FOR ENCRYPTED, INTEGRITY AND REPLAY-PROTECTED MEMORY | Meta Platforms, Inc. | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 2492 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19142401 | PROCESSOR WITH DELAYED INSTRUCTION PIPELINE FLUSH | Meta Platforms, Inc. | VICARY, KEITH E | 2183 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19194941 | STACKED TOOLBOX SYSTEM | Meridian International Co., Ltd. | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19063798 | VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING CONSTRUCT FOR ORTHOPEDIC APPLICATIONS | Trilliant Surgical LLC | YANG, ANDREW | 3775 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19062891 | Non-Intrusive, In-Situ Power Measurement Method | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. | PATEL, PARESH H | 2858 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19038863 | SMART RINGS HAVING COMPACT FORM FACTORS | Oura Health OY | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19036425 | Firearm Holster with Adjustable Insert | BP Tactical, LLC | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18985457 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DELIVERY VEHICLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | KHAN, MOHAMMAD ALI | 2671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18875889 | SLEEVE FOR A PROSTHETIC IMPLANT | Limacorporate S.p.A. | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18869169 | DISTRIBUTED PEER-TO-PEER AND CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE | C3N Technologies, Inc. | OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K | 2495 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18869178 | FAST SMART CONTRACT PROCESSING AND VALIDATION | C3N Technologies, Inc. | TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH | 2435 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868132 | METHODS FOR COBINAMIDE SYNTHESIS | The Regents of the University of California | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18949685 | AN IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM, A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND A CORRESPONDING VEHICLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | 2174 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18942023 | MODULAR PANEL SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURES | Multy Home LP | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18934660 | RIGID ATTACHMENT SYSTEM | Gbrs Group LLC | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 3734 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18859676 | SMARTCARD MILLING TECHNIQUE | Smart Packaging Solutions | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 2876 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18925763 | REUSABLE SURGICAL GUIDE FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS SURGERY IN PARTICULAR OF THE HALLUX VALGUS | Novastep | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18859731 | Core-Shell Microneedle Patches and Methods | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18922699 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE LOAD SPACE OF A DELIVERY VEHICLE, LOAD SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND DELIVERY VEHICLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18920285 | GLYCOSYLATION INHIBITORS AS THERAPEUTICS FOR STROKE | The Regents of the University of California | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1699 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18899590 | PARTIAL KNEE IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | Encore Medical, L.P. | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18886532 | ANTIVIRAL PRODRUGS, PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS, AND METHODS | The Regents of the University of California | ROZOF, TIMOTHY R | 1625 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18845830 | VH3 BINDING POLYPEPTIDES | CYTIVA SWEDEN AB | SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN | 1652 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18845533 | A METHOD OF STORING ETHANE | Equinor Energy AS | MARONEY, JENNA M | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18814247 | Membrane Encapsulated Nanoparticles and Method of Use | The Regents of the University of California | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18797329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER TRAINING | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18793215 | Methods for Localization of Cancerous Tissue Using Fluorescent Molecular Imaging Agent for Diagnosis or Treatment | Vergent Bioscience, Inc. | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18787642 | TECHNIQUES FOR IN-APP COMMUNICATION SESSION SCHEDULING | Whatsapp, LLC | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18730598 | Dihydronicotinamide Riboside (NRH) Therapy for Osteoarthritis and other Conditions | University of South Alabama | CHO, DAVID H | 1693 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18770175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ROUTINE AND OPTIMIZING CHARGING OF A VEHICLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18721021 | Urinary Placement Catheter for Intravesical Devices | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | MENDEZ, MANUEL A | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18736857 | AUTOMATED GENERATION AND EXECUTION OF SMART CONTRACTS FOR MULTIPLE ORACLE NETWORKS | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | LIU, I JUNG | 3695 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18679918 | ADAPTABLE PEDESTAL ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM FOR LEVELLING CONSTRUCTION SURFACES | Maximus Pedestal Systems Pty Ltd. | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680400 | Corner Assembly and a Method for Manufacturing Same | Derby Building Products Inc. | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18677573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE VEHICLE PARKING | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18677450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON A ROAD TRIP | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18672642 | IMPACT PROPERTIES OF EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID MOLDED FOAM ARTICLES | Lifoam Industries, LLC | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18656991 | DETECT HIDDEN OBJECTS USING VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE SENSOR FUSION | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | LIU, XIAO | 2664 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18644719 | DETACHABLY FASTENABLE TRIMMER HEAD | Shakespeare Company, LLC | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18643889 | OSTEOTOMY FIXATION DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Trilliant Surgical LLC | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18703963 | COMBINATION OF HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND MACROPHAGES FOR CANCER THERAPY | The Regents of the University of California | ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | 1647 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18639701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR ANIMALS AND RELATED CONTROLS | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | DANG, RACHEL YEN VI | 2661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18631712 | N-Doped Semiconducting Material Comprising Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Dopant | Novaled GmbH | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18608143 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING A DELIVERY VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY, OPERATING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
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