Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1,087 pending office actions • 322 clients • 932 examiners • 318 art units • 1 of 1,087 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 277 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. 277 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 | 35 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 112 (10%) |
| §103 only | 367 (34%) |
| §102 only | 47 (4%) |
| §112 only | 48 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 12 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 45 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 418 (38%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 7 | 56.3% | +39.6% |
| SHAH, MANISH S | 6 | 85.9% | +7.2% |
| LEE, JAI M | 4 | 77.2% | +11.2% |
| LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | 4 | 59.6% | +9.0% |
| COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3 | 57.7% | +38.9% |
| PHAM, QUANG | 3 | 54.2% | +57.3% |
| VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N | 3 | 23.5% | +0.0% |
| ISMAIL, OMAR S | 3 | 91.2% | +10.0% |
| GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | 3 | 27.7% | +36.5% |
| KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA | 3 | 72.3% | +36.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079974 | Ink Jet Ink Composition | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 19068330 | Ink Jet Ink Composition And Recording Device | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 19047797 | Recording Method And Recording Apparatus | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 18972249 | Deep Learning Models For Region Of Interest Determination | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18961700 | Ink Set And Recording Method | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 18869257 | OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18865397 | ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18750028 | Ink Jet Clear Ink Composition And Recording Method | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576686 | A DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME MACHINE LEARNING ROBOT | SHARMA, SHIVAM | 146d overdue |
| 17601906 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTI-LAYER COMPOSITE FILM, MULTI-LAYER COMPOSITE FILM AND USE THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 141d overdue |
| 18201728 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING TRIALS IN FIELDS | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 127d overdue |
| 17788562 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 100d overdue |
| 17368389 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE | VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN | 99d overdue |
| 18274500 | METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE SIMPLE SEPARATION OF SCRAP ARISING IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXTRUDED PLATES | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 77d overdue |
| 18202250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PLANTING SEEDS IN GROWING SPACES | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 73d overdue |
| 18115373 | Hydrometallurgical Processes For Battery Recycling | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 73d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18070002 | Ink Set And Recording Method | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 9d overdue |
| 17680384 | Aqueous Ink Jet Ink Composition, Ink Jet Recording Method, and Ink Jet Recording Apparatus | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 54d |
| 19343364 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19343439 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19179497 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19096801 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD | PHAM, QUANG | — |
| 19096788 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD | PHAM, QUANG | — |
| 19100429 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FIRST OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION LINE CHARACTERISTIC IDENTIFICATION METHOD | LEE, JAI M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| General Motors | 120 |
| Epson | 113 |
| Denso | 104 |
| NTT | 76 |
| Toyota | 29 |
| Bayer | 24 |
| Mitsui Kinzoku | 24 |
| Shin-Etsu | 22 |
| Mastercard | 21 |
| University of Michigan | 21 |
| Terumo | 19 |
| SEEGENE, INC. | 16 |
| Climate | 15 |
| NOK | 12 |
| Charles Schwab | 10 |
| Yamabiko | 8 |
| VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. | 8 |
| Copeland L.P. | 7 |
| SFC | 7 |
| Michigan State University | 6 |
| NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | 6 |
| NAVER CORPORATION | 6 |
| SK Group | 6 |
| Dynatrace | 5 |
| Amcor | 5 |
| Tokuyama | 5 |
| XG Tech | 4 |
| TAKEUCHI MFG. CO., LTD. | 4 |
| MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD | 4 |
| NantWorks | 4 |
| Samsung | 4 |
| Sakata Seed | 3 |
| NEWFREY LLC | 3 |
| Alps Alpine | 3 |
| KINGSPAN HOLDINGS (IRL) LIMITED | 3 |
| Rittal GmbH & Co. KG | 3 |
| DENSO International America, Inc. | 3 |
| BREXOGEN INC. | 3 |
| Catholic University of Korea | 3 |
| Vertiv | 3 |
| Moresco | 3 |
| AILLIS INC. | 3 |
| Jumatech GmbH | 3 |
| Hanwha | 3 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO | 3 |
| Lake Country Tool | 2 |
| Autoliv | 2 |
| Rockwool A/S | 2 |
| Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| ToolGen | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 10 |
| 2634 | 10 |
| 3763 | 10 |
| 2857 | 10 |
| 1725 | 10 |
| 3791 | 9 |
| 3783 | 9 |
| 2853 | 8 |
| 3761 | 8 |
| 1723 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18925556 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18809112 | Untitled | Mastercard International Incorporated | SPAR, ILANA L | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 18819784 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 2688 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19341127 | Untitled | Seiko Epson Corporation | BIBBEE, CHAYCE R | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | ||
| 18901310 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 3747 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19443390 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | Lake Country Tool, LLC | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19400367 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHOWER HEAD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING USING AN IMPROVED DIFFUSION BONDING PROCESS | Tnp Corporation | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19485177 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINT STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND JOINT METHOD | Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19384170 | Installation Fitting | Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19480629 | AIRBAG DEVICE | Autoliv Development AB | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19475857 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MOTOR CAPABLE OF BEING TILTED, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING SAME | Air & H Aerospace Inc. | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19351523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FILTERING INFORMATION FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION APPLICATION | Lsware Inc. | RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY | 3626 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2025 |
| 19346744 | ANTICORROSIVE COMPOSITION | Rockwool A/S | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1731 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19343364 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | Copeland LP | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19343439 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | Copeland LP | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19469737 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE | Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd. | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19332554 | Working Machine | Yamabiko Corporation | PATEL, SHARDUL D | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19123805 | BROCCOLI PLANT THAT PRODUCES SMALL FLOWER BUDS WITH UNIFORM SIZE AND HIGH YIELD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROCESSED PRODUCT THEREOF | Sakata Seed Corporation | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19323484 | Packaging Insulation Liner Including Foil Paper | Mp Global Products, LLC | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19317342 | SINGLE BASE SUBSTITUTION PROTEIN, AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | Toolgen Incorporated | REGA, KYLE THOMAS | 1636 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19311179 | UPDATE INFORMATION NOTIFICATION DEVICE, VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING UPDATE INFORMATION NOTIFICATION PROGRAM | DENSO CORPORATION | TRAN, THANG DUC | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19312238 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | DENSO CORPORATION | BLOUNT, ERIC | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 | |
| 19297272 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING POWER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | DENSO CORPORATION | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| 19297592 | VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM | DENSO CORPORATION | WEBER, TAMARA L | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| 19296770 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | DENSO CORPORATION | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 | |
| 19290091 | BLOWER | DENSO CORPORATION | LAMBERT, WAYNE A | 3745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19287206 | Method And Apparatus For Processing Data, Medium, And Device | Xg Tech Pte. Ltd. | CHEUNG, HENRY WING SING | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 | |
| 19282737 | Hybrid Seed Selection And Seed Portfolio Optimization By Field | Climate LLC | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 | |
| 19282196 | Passive Entry/Passive Start Systems And Methods For Vehicles | DENSO CORPORATION | YACOB, SISAY | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 | |
| 19282194 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM | DENSO CORPORATION | ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 | |
| 19276943 | Blind Rivet Fastener And Fastening Arrangement | Newfrey LLC | SHANSKE, JASON D | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| 19276524 | VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT | DENSO CORPORATION | YESHAW, ESAYAS G | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| 19274957 | Method Of Manufacturing Oscillator | Seiko Epson Corporation | GANNON, LEVI | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19264164 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | DENSO CORPORATION | NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 | |
| 19262188 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DENSO CORPORATION | WONG, YUEN H | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 | |
| 19257187 | Blower | Yamabiko Corporation | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19247541 | ONBOARD DEVICE, DATA PROVISION SYSTEM, DATA PROVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | DENSO CORPORATION | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| 19140759 | SEALING DEVICE | Nok Corporation | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19235888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-LEVEL HIGH VOLTAGE NON-SINUSOIDAL SIGNAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT USING PLASMA | Dawon Powertron Co., Ltd. | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| 19234747 | Security Resource Access Method For Integrated Circuit, And Electronic Device | Horizon Journey (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. | HUSSEIN, HASSAN A | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19233743 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | DENSO CORPORATION | TRIVEDI, ATUL | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19228338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED NETWORK INTERACTIONS | Mastercard International Incorporated | SMITH, SLADE E | 3696 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19227752 | Mmid Localization And Orientation Sensing Via Frequency-Divided Beam Multiplexing | The Regents of the University of Michigan | HAMADYK, ANNA N | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 | |
| 19227562 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, And Program | Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19227998 | Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrator | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | MOWLA, GOLAM | 1721 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19222151 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OUTPUTTING APHERESIS DATA | Terumo Bct, Inc. | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19221035 | MONITORING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM | DENSO CORPORATION | WILLIS, BRANDON Z. | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19215143 | Systems For Use In Pollinating Plants, And Related Methods | Monsanto Technology LLC | SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19208753 | Intelligent Driving Vehicle Control Method, Storage Medium, and Electronic Device | BEIJING HORIZON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | ANWARI, MACEEH | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 | |
| 19207623 | EVENT-DRIVEN COMPUTER MODELING SYSTEM FOR TIME SERIES DATA | Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. | OWYANG, MICHELLE N | 2168 | §101§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
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1,087 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 322 clients, before 932 examiners in 318 art units.