Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
58 pending office actions • 11 clients • 49 examiners • 28 art units • 0 of 58 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 105 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 57 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. 57 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 41 (71%) |
| §102 only | 6 (10%) |
| §112 only | 4 (7%) |
| No statute on record | 7 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 2 | 78.8% | +11.5% |
| YANG, JAY LEE | 2 | 73.7% | +2.4% |
| MURESAN, ANA Z | 2 | 75.4% | +30.7% |
| DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | 2 | 75.4% | +7.7% |
| KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 2 | 21.4% | +36.4% |
| NGUYEN, VU ANH | 2 | 83.3% | +15.8% |
| MALLOY, ANNA E | 2 | 45.8% | -3.7% |
| DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 2 | 49.2% | +48.3% |
| CHAU, LISA N | 2 | 24.9% | +16.4% |
| MURATA, AUSTIN | 1 | 60.3% | +20.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17910374 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 91d overdue |
| 17915514 | MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 85d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17619008 | STABILIZED GYPSUM PARTICLES | CHAU, LISA N | 86d overdue |
| 17760796 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ASPHALT MIX COMPOSITION | CHAU, LISA N | 30d overdue |
| 17916063 | METHOD FOR THE HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFINS | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 9d |
| 17781928 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING AMINES OVER A COPPER CATALYST | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 72d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18010218 | BIODEGRADABLE UV ABSORBERS | MURESAN, ANA Z | 168d overdue |
| 17770441 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 147d overdue |
| 17910374 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 91d overdue |
| 17619008 | STABILIZED GYPSUM PARTICLES | CHAU, LISA N | 86d overdue |
| 17915514 | MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 85d overdue |
| 17639432 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 50d overdue |
| 18013272 | METHOXYPROPANOLS SEPARATION INCLUDING AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION | MURESAN, ANA Z | 32d overdue |
| 17760796 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ASPHALT MIX COMPOSITION | CHAU, LISA N | 30d overdue |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| BASF | 29 |
| MERCK PATENT GMBH | 20 |
| VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC | 1 |
| Umicore | 1 |
| BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNSCH UNIVERSITÄT COTTBUS-SENFTENBERG | 1 |
| DuPont | 1 |
| Energy 13 GmbH | 1 |
| William J. KIRK | 1 |
| Linde | 1 |
| Prefere Resins Holding GmbH | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1692 | 9 |
| 1786 | 7 |
| 1759 | 3 |
| 1767 | 3 |
| 1766 | 3 |
| 1737 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 1611 | 2 |
| 1763 | 2 |
| 1764 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18687336 | COMPOSITION | Merck Patent GmbH | MURATA, AUSTIN | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18282709 | SHARED DATA INDUCED QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MATERIALS | VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC | CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU | 2144 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18010220 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PERSONALIZED COSMETIC PREPARATION | BASF Corporation | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18268996 | ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS | UMICORE AG & CO. KG | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18269074 | NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION | Merck Patent GmbH | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18211434 | COMPOUNDS WITH AN ACCEPTOR AND A DONOR GROUP | Merck Patent GmbH | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18037341 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON NITROGENEOUS FILM | Merck Patent GmbH | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 120d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18035313 | SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18029388 | POLYSILAZANE, SILICEOUS FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICEOUS FILM USING THE SAME | Merck Patent GmbH | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18022760 | ARTHROSPIRA FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES | BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT COTTBUS-SENFTENBERG | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 97d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18021562 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18017680 | CYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS AROMA CHEMICALS | BASF Corporation | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18015549 | DITHIOLENE METAL COMPLEXES | BASF Corporation | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 18013272 | METHOXYPROPANOLS SEPARATION INCLUDING AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION | Dow Gloval Technologies LLC | MURESAN, ANA Z | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18013273 | POLYURETHANE FOAMS WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES | BASF Corporation | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18010218 | BIODEGRADABLE UV ABSORBERS | BASF Corporation | MURESAN, ANA Z | 1692 | — | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18010230 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF AN ISOCYANATE AND A PLASTICIZER AS PERFORMANCEADDITIVES | BASF Corporation | OYER, ANDREW J | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18079430 | HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS | Merck Patent GmbH | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
| 18008680 | REJUVENATING AGENTS FOR ASPHALT RECYCLING | BASF Corporation | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 121d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 18008684 | IMPROVED DEMINERALIZATION OF FERMENTATION BROTHS AND PURIFICATION OF FINE CHEMICALS SUCH AS OLIGOSACCHARIDES | BASF Corporation | SHIAO, YIH-HORNG | 1691 | Other | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17927376 | MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17923340 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THERMAL ENERGY AND CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK BY MEANS OF ALUMINO-THERMAL REACTION | Energy 13 GmbH | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1759 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 17922792 | ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS | William J. Kirk | MOORE, ALEXANDRA MARIE | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17921997 | METHOD FOR BREAKING DOWN MICHAEL ADDUCTS CONTAINED IN A FLUID F AND FORMED DURING THE PREPARATION OF ACRYLIC ACID | BASF Corporation | DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | 1692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17921384 | CATALYTIC MATERIAL COMPRISING Ni SUPPORTED ON AN OXIDIC SUPPORT COMPRISING Zr AND Si | BASF Corporation | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | Other | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17918359 | FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL | Merck Patent GmbH | BOHATY, ANDREW K | 1759 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17961869 | SUNSCREEN OR DAILY CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE AND INORGANIC UV FILTERS | BASF Corporation | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | Other | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17916063 | METHOD FOR THE HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFINS | BASF Corporation | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | Other | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17915514 | MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION | Merck Patent GmbH | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 1762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17913447 | PROCESS FOR INHIBITING THE UNDESIRED FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLIC ACID PRESENT IN A LIQUID PHASE P | BASF Corporation | DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 88d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17910374 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | NGUYEN, VU ANH | 1762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 91d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17910001 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS | Merck Patent GmbH | SIMBANA, RACHEL A | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17908255 | OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS | BASF Corporation | MALLOY, ANNA E | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17798909 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE WITH SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT | Linde GmbH | KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
| 17797736 | PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR PRODUCING PHOSGENE | BASF Corporation | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 1736 | — | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
| 17786864 | INCREASING SPACE-TIME-YIELD, CARBON-CONVERSION-EFFICIENCY AND CARBON SUBSTRATE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF FINE CHEMICALS | BASF Corporation | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | 118d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17786127 | DECREASING TOXICITY OF TERPENES AND INCREASING THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MICRO-ORGANISMS | BASF Corporation | LYONS, MARY M | 1645 | §102 | Final Rejection | 124d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17785966 | A MOLDING COMPRISING A TI-MWW ZEOLITE AND HAVING A SPECIFIC LEWIS ACIDITY | BASF Corporation | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17785635 | COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | CHANDHOK, JENNA N | 1789 | §102 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17785092 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOHEXANOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE | BASF Corporation | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17784128 | POLYUREA COPOLYMER | BASF Corporation | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17781928 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING AMINES OVER A COPPER CATALYST | BASF Corporation | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17773859 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS | Merck Patent GmbH | JEON, SEOKMIN | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17770441 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
| 17760796 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ASPHALT MIX COMPOSITION | BASF Corporation | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
| 17639432 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES | Merck Patent GmbH | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
| 17416049 | NOVEL COSMETIC AND DERMATOLOGICAL USES OF AN EXTRACT OF CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS | BASF Corporation | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
| 17635791 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CYCLIC ORGANIC CARBONATES AS CURING AGENTS FOR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVING PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS | Prefere Resins Holding GmbH | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2022 |
| 17626847 | NEW SYNTHESES OF Z-SELECTIVE OLEFIN METATHESIS CATALYSTS | California Institute Of Technology | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Jan 13, 2022 |
| 17619008 | STABILIZED GYPSUM PARTICLES | BASF Corporation | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2021 |
| 17612058 | A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND A PHOTO ACID GENERATOR, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE. | Merck Patent GmbH | MALLOY, ANNA E | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
| 17599093 | POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME | Merck Patent GmbH | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17439513 | ALKOXYLATED POLYALKYLENE IMINES OR ALKOXYLATED POLYAMINES WITH A TERMINAL POLYBUTYLENE OXIDE BLOCK | BASF Corporation | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2021 |
| 17416480 | ENZYMATIC HEXOSAMINIDATION OF LACTOSE | BASF Corporation | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 93d overdue | Pending | Jun 19, 2021 |
| 17268790 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE BY MEANS OF DIRECT CURRENT | BASF Corporation | CAMPBELL, THOR S | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2021 |
| 17268743 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE | BASF Corporation | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2021 |
| 16766199 | AN ADDITIVE COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | BASF Corporation | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2020 |
| 16092860 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DIBENZOFURAN AND/OR DIBENZOTHIOPHENE STRUCTURES | Merck Patent GmbH | GARRETT, DAWN L | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2018 |
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