Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
489 pending office actions • 126 clients • 445 examiners • 241 art units • 0 of 489 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP (DC) has 482 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 37042 career applications. The pending docket shows substantial current activity, while the application history supplies a broad base for interpreting the firm’s prosecution record.
The resolved allowance rate is 84.11%, with an average of 3.38 office actions per allowance. The rate indicates that many resolved matters reached allowance, although the average shows that allowance generally followed more than one office-action response. For portfolio planning, these measures support separate evaluation of outcome likelihood and prosecution effort.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 137 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. 137 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 | 19 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 66 (13%) |
| §103 only | 150 (31%) |
| §102 only | 30 (6%) |
| §112 only | 20 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 21 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 175 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 3 | 85.1% | +22.1% |
| PHAM, LINH K | 3 | 80.9% | +28.8% |
| YANG, JAY LEE | 3 | 73.8% | +2.2% |
| MALLOY, ANNA E | 3 | 46.7% | -4.0% |
| ROJAS, BERNARD | 2 | 82.9% | +8.0% |
| LY, TOMMY TAI | 2 | 80.0% | +23.6% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 2 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 2 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| MERLINO, DAVID P | 2 | 71.1% | +10.6% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2 | 81.9% | +11.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978299 | ULTRASOUND GENERATION DEVICE | LY, TOMMY TAI | 28d overdue |
| 18725840 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 9d |
| 19250498 | MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND A DEGAUSS CAPABILITY | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| 19123897 | LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION DEVICE | LY, TOMMY TAI | — |
| 18877550 | GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, GREENSHEET FOR GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND COMPOSITE POWDER FOR GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18920315 | SPEAKING USER SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | — |
| 18670110 | MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND A DEGAUSS CAPABILITY | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| 18711323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18010218 | BIODEGRADABLE UV ABSORBERS | MURESAN, ANA Z | 168d overdue |
| 18819610 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR POSITIONING AN ENTITY CONTROLLER USING IMAGES HAVING DIFFERENT EXPOSURE POLICIES | HERMANN, KIRK W | 147d overdue |
| 18043522 | HOT WORD EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | PARK, CHAN S | 147d overdue |
| 17786864 | INCREASING SPACE-TIME-YIELD, CARBON-CONVERSION-EFFICIENCY AND CARBON SUBSTRATE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF FINE CHEMICALS | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 118d overdue |
| 18456926 | GEOPOSITION DETERMINATION AND EVALUATION OF SAME USING A 2-D OBJECT DETECTION SENSOR CALIBRATED WITH A SPATIAL MODEL | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 92d overdue |
| 18635691 | DETERMINING EXPOSURES TO CONTENT PRESENTED BY PHYSICAL OBJECTS | LONG, MEREDITH A | 89d overdue |
| 18235624 | ATTRIBUTING IN-STORE VISITS TO MEDIA CONSUMPTION BASED ON DATA COLLECTED FROM USER DEVICES | LONG, MEREDITH A | 80d overdue |
| 18021191 | TEMPERED GLASS | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 59d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978299 | ULTRASOUND GENERATION DEVICE | LY, TOMMY TAI | 28d overdue |
| 18725840 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 9d |
| 19123897 | LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION DEVICE | LY, TOMMY TAI | — |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18998757 | WORK MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | MERLINO, DAVID P | — |
| 18998316 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18994733 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | MERLINO, DAVID P | — |
| 18877550 | GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, GREENSHEET FOR GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND COMPOSITE POWDER FOR GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 18 |
| 3761 | 15 |
| 1786 | 10 |
| 2877 | 9 |
| 2179 | 7 |
| 1737 | 7 |
| 1731 | 6 |
| 3794 | 6 |
| 2878 | 5 |
| 3625 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19342009 | Untitled | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2627 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19566503 | INTERACTION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | AMADIZ, RODNEY | 2622 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2026 |
| 19358011 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT AGENT CROWDSOURCING | Foursquare Labs, Inc. | EYERS, DUSTIN D | 2164 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19471941 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | Fanuc Corporation | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19335441 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING, APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 2165 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19318878 | INTERNAL TENSIONING STRUCTURE USEABLE WITH INFLATABLE DEVICES | Intex Marketing Ltd. | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 1784 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19318988 | INTERNAL TENSIONING STRUCTURE USEABLE WITH INFLATABLE DEVICES | Intex Marketing Ltd. | HALL, LUKE F | 3673 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19295878 | SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOCURING LIQUID RESIN WITH REDUCED HEAT GENERATION | Stratasys, Ltd. | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19293182 | LIVE STREAMING IN MULTI-CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS | Bytedance Technology Ltd. | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19289693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19288471 | HOTSPOT LIST DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 2421 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 18860784 | DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M | 2156 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19280670 | INTERACTION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TERMINAL DEVICE | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | PATEL, PREMAL R | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19250498 | MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND A DEGAUSS CAPABILITY | Magswitch Automation Company | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19143770 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | PHILIPPE, GIMS S | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19138373 | STREAK TUBE | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | LUQUE, RENAN | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19229255 | CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Celsys, Inc. | TRUONG, THONG P | 2433 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19223871 | FLAME MITIGATING FLUID DISPENSING CLOSURE | Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC | BRADEN, SHAWN M | 3736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19132977 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19132615 | FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | KO, TONY | 2878 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19211358 | PREPREG COMPOSITE MATERIAL PLY AND BACKING SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Accudyne Systems, Inc. | HARM, NICKOLAS R | 1745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19210392 | PROVIDING INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEDICAL APPARATUS | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19206352 | HOLOGRAM GENERATION METHOD, HOLOGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19201319 | POSE CONTROL METHOD FOR EXTENDED REALITY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19201126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY PLATFORM | Cranium AI, Inc. | GUNDRY, STEPHEN T | 2435 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19127822 | INFLATABLE BODY STRUCTURE | Intex Marketing Ltd. | LABARGE, ALISON N | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19190236 | VEHICLE ACCESSORY | Liquivinyl LLC | DANIELS, JASON S | 3612 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19123897 | LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION DEVICE | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | LY, TOMMY TAI | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 18848805 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD. | RICHARDSON, JAMES E | 2169 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19184604 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA BASED ON MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 2183 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19171974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PROGRESSIVE WEB APPLICATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | STEINLE, ANDREW J | 2497 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19172014 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | WILLIAMS, DON J | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19095399 | SLICING ELEMENTS FOR SHUNTING CATHETERS | Theraheart Inc. | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19116824 | DRAWING PROCESSING DEVICE AND DRAWING PROCESSING METHOD | Revox Corporation | LIU, GORDON G | 2618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19089718 | ERGONOMIC TOOL FOR REPEATABLE TASKS | Swanstrom Tools Usa Inc. | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19089259 | PIPING TOOL | Epoch Company, Ltd. | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19090145 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIEWS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY | HE, YINGCHUN | 2613 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19090178 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CHIP CONTROL | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | LEE, CHUN KUAN | 2181 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19087555 | FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SCENE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2025 |
| 19085278 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Precision Additive Solutions Inc. | BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19084029 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19082747 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | LEE, SHUN K | 2884 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19077381 | Processing Techniques for Optoretinography | Optos PLC | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19108682 | SPRAY PLATE, SPRAY METHOD, AND PROCESSING DEVICE | Jiangsu Leadmicro Nano Technology Co., Ltd. | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19063808 | Optical coherence tomography instrument and optical coherence tomography method | Optos PLC | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19106776 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | TRAN, TRANG U | 2422 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061868 | INTELLIGENT PHRASE DERIVATION GENERATION | Calabrio, Inc. | SHAH, PARAS D | 2653 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19059609 | EXPANDABLE ABLATION MECHANISMS FOR SHUNTING CATHETERS | Theraheart Inc. | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19060541 | TRANSFER GROUPS | Moov Financial, Inc. | PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Pella Corporation | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial84.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP were allowed, across 37,042 applications in USPTO records.
3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.
489 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 126 clients, before 445 examiners in 241 art units.
