Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
GORDON & REES LLP operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has handled 1723 career applications, which provides a foundation for analyzing their historical performance. Currently, the firm is managing 6 pending office actions, indicating a steady current docket of active matters.
The firm's resolved allowance rate stands at 83.91 percent. This outcome is reached with an average of 2.61 office actions per allowance. This 2.61 average suggests an efficient prosecution process, typically requiring multiple rounds of interaction with the patent office to secure a grant. The 83.91 percent allowance rate across 1723 career applications reflects a consistent ability to secure patent rights in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
With 6 pending office actions and 1723 career applications, the firm has an established track record. The 83.91 percent resolved allowance rate serves as a key indicator of their historical success. Practitioners can look at the 2.61 average office actions per allowance to gauge the typical timeline and effort required to reach an allowance with this firm.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
| WU, MING HAN | 1 | 76.8% | +23.6% |
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 1 | 59.5% | +31.3% |
| FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1 | 45.9% | +6.8% |
| KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 80.8% | +8.6% |
| DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 1 | 60.8% | +28.9% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.3% | +16.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117291 | NON-PERMANENT INLET FLANGE AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM INSERT | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 77d overdue |
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | GOFF II, JOHN L | — |
| 18822979 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN ROOFING MEMBRANE FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED INDUCTION WELDING PERFORMANCE | FREEMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 18761976 | TREATING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS USING SPINAL CORD STIMULATION | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | — |
| 18312852 | NEURAL DOSE CALCULATION | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117291 | NON-PERMANENT INLET FLANGE AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM INSERT | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 77d overdue |
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18961434 | REMOTE VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WU, MING HAN | — |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | GOFF II, JOHN L | — |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Carlisle Companies | 4 |
| Spiro Medical, Inc. | 2 |
| Inicio Solutions LLC | 1 |
| MasterTek Flow Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 18961434 | REMOTE VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Inicio Solutions LLC | WU, MING HAN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18822979 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN ROOFING MEMBRANE FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED INDUCTION WELDING PERFORMANCE | Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18761976 | TREATING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS USING SPINAL CORD STIMULATION | Spiro Medical, Inc. | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18312852 | NEURAL DOSE CALCULATION | Spiro Medical, Inc. | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18117291 | NON-PERMANENT INLET FLANGE AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM INSERT | Mastertek Flow Technologies, LLC | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
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