Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP, PC has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 756 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 90.09%, and allowed matters average 3.61 office actions. The profile combines an active current docket with a recorded prosecution history and a high resolved allowance rate.
The allowance rate measures resolved outcomes, while the action average indicates that allowed matters typically involve multiple examination exchanges. Practitioners should consider both dimensions when evaluating chemistry and materials prosecution, particularly where technical distinctions may drive amendments. The pending docket reflects current activity, but it does not independently establish the outcome of any listed application.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 58.0% | +4.5% |
| NWUHA, SAMUEL OBINNA NNAJI | 1 | — | — |
| PATEL, DHRUVKUMAR | 1 | 79.8% | +15.2% |
| KIK, PHALLAKA | 1 | 90.8% | +1.6% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.1% | +21.5% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18314038 | AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATION | KIK, PHALLAKA | 42d |
| 18844919 | HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | — |
| 18738377 | PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DATA IN A BLOCKCHAIN VIRTUAL MACHINE | NWUHA, SAMUEL OBINNA NNAJI | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17784502 | Selectively Applied Gradient Coating Compositions | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 114d overdue |
| 18918514 | Functionalized Textile Compositions and Articles | VO, HAI | — |
| 18427353 | SAUNA CLOUD SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PATEL, DHRUVKUMAR | — |
| 17894038 | AUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| NELUMBO INC. | 3 |
| Celera, Inc. | 2 |
| Soda Bubble Labs Ltd. | 1 |
| High Tech Health International | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2194 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 2851 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918514 | Functionalized Textile Compositions and Articles | Nelumbo Inc. | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18844919 | HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | Nelumbo Inc. | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18738377 | PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DATA IN A BLOCKCHAIN VIRTUAL MACHINE | Soda Bubble Labs Ltd. | NWUHA, SAMUEL OBINNA NNAJI | 2194 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18427353 | SAUNA CLOUD SYSTEMS AND METHODS | High Tech Health International, Inc. | PATEL, DHRUVKUMAR | 2119 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18314038 | AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATION | Celera, Inc. | KIK, PHALLAKA | 2851 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 17894038 | AUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | Celera, Inc. | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17784502 | Selectively Applied Gradient Coating Compositions | Nelumbo Inc. | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 114d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial90.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Fountainhead Law Group, Pc were allowed, across 756 applications in USPTO records.
3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.
