Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina Pllc

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

30 pending office actions • 21 clients • 30 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC focuses on Chemistry & Materials. The firm has handled 2000 career applications and maintains a resolved allowance rate of 88.28 percent. Prosecution typically requires an average of 3.02 office actions per allowance.

There are 26 pending office actions currently under management. The 88.28 percent allowance rate and 3.02 average office actions per allowance provide a clear picture of the firm's prosecution history. With 2000 career applications, the firm has established a solid track record in the chemical arts. This historical data informs the firm's approach to the 26 pending office actions it is currently prosecuting. Practitioners can evaluate the 88.28 percent allowance rate as a consistent measure of success across the firm's 2000 career applications in Chemistry & Materials.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2000 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2000
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2000
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1092
-0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1092
1017 days
Time to Allowance
n=1092
+12.6pp
Interview Lift
n=2000
23.9%
RCE Rate
n=2000
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2000

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.4%
§101 Overcome
n=90
79.5%
§102 Overcome
n=425
80.2%
§103 Overcome
n=743
83.5%
§112 Overcome
n=581

Specialization & Scale

A61B, Y02E, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2000
0
Practitioners
n=2000
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=2000 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

14
Hard (47%)
16
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only16 (53%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

13
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
13% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
8
Business / Other
27% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, HENRY Y 1 75.7% +13.0%
NUR, ABDULLAHI 1 88.2% +6.1%
BUCKLE JR, JAMES J 1 65.5% +14.9%
ALSAMIRI, MANAL A. 1 37.1% +40.4%
ROBERTS, ANNA L 1 56.7% +38.5%
PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1 53.6% +27.2%
STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 1 39.2% +35.5%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1 61.4% +28.0%
DESAI, ANISH P 1 45.3% +6.9%
THEIS, MATTHEW T 1 42.1% +32.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19223816 PARTICLE DETECTOR NUR, ABDULLAHI —

Hard Cases (14)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18508927 Throttling Element Particle Detector UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 8d
18031447 LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF SKIN IRRITATION, ALLERGY AND/OR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 39d
18081895 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF INTRAORBITAL PRESSURE WAVES KREMER, MATTHEW 70d
19171570 PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING BUCKLE JR, JAMES J —
19077445 Taskable Aerial Network ALSAMIRI, MANAL A. —
19048804 NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR ROBERTS, ANNA L —
19018812 PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING INSERT STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN —
18847977 Bonding Method And Hot-Melt Adhesive Film For Induction Heating KHATRI, PRASHANT J —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19145128 COMPLIANT MECHANISM ACTUATED BELT-BASED CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION LIU, HENRY Y —
19171570 PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING BUCKLE JR, JAMES J —
19077445 Taskable Aerial Network ALSAMIRI, MANAL A. —
19048804 NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR ROBERTS, ANNA L —
19042930 Tablet Formulation Of Tafamidis Or Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salt Thereof PALENIK, JEFFREY T —
19018812 PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING INSERT STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN —
18847977 Bonding Method And Hot-Melt Adhesive Film For Induction Heating KHATRI, PRASHANT J —
18839887 LAMINATED FILM AND PACKAGE THEIS, MATTHEW T —

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37342
17232
36281
17461
17881
28491
17871
16531
28771
17171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19145128 COMPLIANT MECHANISM ACTUATED BELT-BASED CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Transcend Mechanics LLC LIU, HENRY Y §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2025
19223816 PARTICLE DETECTOR Inficon GmbH NUR, ABDULLAHI §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19171570 PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING Gerflor BUCKLE JR, JAMES J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19077445 Taskable Aerial Network Resilienx, Inc. ALSAMIRI, MANAL A. 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19048804 NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR Scienceforbrain Uab ROBERTS, ANNA L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19042930 Tablet Formulation Of Tafamidis Or Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salt Thereof Navinta LLC PALENIK, JEFFREY T §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19018812 PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING INSERT Mamey Brands 1, LLC STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18847977 Bonding Method And Hot-Melt Adhesive Film For Induction Heating Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18845250 ADHESIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE FILM Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18839887 LAMINATED FILM AND PACKAGE Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. THEIS, MATTHEW T 3734 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18717749 VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUIT Wise-Integration HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18657299 CONDENSING BOILER FOR USE WITH NON-CONDENSING STACKS Aerco International, Inc. WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18694298 SEALING FILM, ELECTRODE LEAD WIRE MEMBER, AND BATTERY Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18570516 Adhesive Film And Method For Producing Adhesive Film Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E 1787 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18268413 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING APOPTOTIC MONONUCLEAR CELLS Maco Pharma BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18508927 Throttling Element Particle Detector Inficon, LLC UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18557385 Tape Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18288331 METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND DETECTING REAL ODOROUS MOLECULES OF INTEREST AND EXTRACTION DEVICE IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD Biodesiv Sarl FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18494229 PACKAGE Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18286898 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED TUNING SOLITON MICROCOMB UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18218363 AIRBAG POUCH INCORPORATED IN A BACKPACK OR A GARMENT In&Motion HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18031447 LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF SKIN IRRITATION, ALLERGY AND/OR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE Medoderm GmbH SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §102§103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18175110 Fast Disintegrating Cannabinoid Tablets Nordiccan A/S CHI, AMANDA LYNN 1600 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2023
18164829 WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY Streamgo Solutions Inc. KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2023
18002742 Sealing Film, Electrode Lead Member, And Battery Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18081895 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF INTRAORBITAL PRESSURE WAVES Kaunas University Of Technology KREMER, MATTHEW 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17926982 Sealing Film, Electrode Lead Member, And Battery Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 1723 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2022
17857937 Cannabinoid Lipid Premixture Fertin Pharma A/S JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jul 05, 2022
17689013 EQUIPMENT FOR PLAYING BASKETBALL Decathlon KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 08, 2022
16641059 SLIPPERY MICROPROPELLERS PENETRATE THE VITREOUS HUMOR Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 21, 2020

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