Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
906 pending office actions • 206 clients • 792 examiners • 269 art units • 0 of 906 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has managed 38626 career applications and currently has 581 pending office actions. This volume of 38626 career applications reflects the firm's historical activity level within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The 581 pending office actions represent the firm's current workload for pending matters.
The firm reports a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.06. Prosecution of these matters involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.79. These figures provide a statistical overview of the firm's results. Practitioners can use the 87.06 resolved allowance rate pct and the 2.79 avg office actions per allowance to understand the typical progression of a patent application through the examination process at this firm. The 2.79 avg office actions per allowance indicates the frequency of examiner interactions required to reach the 87.06 resolved allowance rate pct.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 203 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. 203 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 | 17 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 72 (8%) |
| §103 only | 313 (35%) |
| §102 only | 67 (7%) |
| §112 only | 39 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 17 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 20 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 359 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 6 | 76.3% | +16.8% |
| WANG, XIAOBEI | 4 | 65.5% | +48.2% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 4 | 45.1% | -14.3% |
| HO, TU TU V | 4 | 93.6% | +5.2% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 3 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
| CAIN, AARON G | 3 | 43.3% | +30.4% |
| NGUYEN, THUONG | 3 | 68.2% | +32.2% |
| LE, LANA N | 3 | 81.7% | +13.9% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 3 | 56.6% | +20.2% |
| LIN, ARIC | 3 | 59.8% | +12.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18995148 | CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18840361 | SMARTPHONE RECORDER | LE, LANA N | — |
| 18785842 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE | HO, TU TU V | — |
| 18771815 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | HO, TU TU V | — |
| 18768948 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT | HO, TU TU V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17797906 | LIGHT PIXEL PROJECTION MODULE | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 150d overdue |
| 18371082 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD THEREOF | FISHER, PAUL R | 105d overdue |
| 18260617 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD | LUDWIG, PETER L | 105d overdue |
| 17999427 | SEPARATED GAS INLET STRUCTURE FOR BLOCKING PLASMA BACKFLOW | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 78d overdue |
| 18498369 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 77d overdue |
| 18396635 | PRIORITIZING UTTERANCE CONTENT IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ON DRIVING MODE AND OBJECT DETECTION | MCANDREWS, TAWRI MATSUSHIGE | 67d overdue |
| 17940319 | CATHETER SIMULATOR AND HEART MODEL FOR CATHETER SIMULATOR | ANGELES, JOSE | 66d overdue |
| 17220269 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE | LIN, ARIC | 58d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18033245 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 112d overdue |
| 17220269 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE | LIN, ARIC | 58d overdue |
| 17111014 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DIAGRAM SYSTEM | LIN, ARIC | 58d overdue |
| 18963501 | MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 6d |
| 18963504 | MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 21d |
| 18574076 | COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 34d |
| 17980287 | PLASMA RESISTANT CERAMIC MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 39d |
| 18841674 | ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | CAIN, AARON G | 76d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 10 |
| 1717 | 9 |
| 2834 | 8 |
| 1724 | 8 |
| 2853 | 7 |
| 2818 | 7 |
| 2851 | 7 |
| 3628 | 6 |
| 1784 | 6 |
| 2877 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19389049 | UNDERWATER MASK | Tabata Co., Ltd. | TRIEU, TIMOTHY K | 3732 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19389557 | MOUTHPIECE FOR WHITENING TEETH | Lav Co., Ltd. | SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | 3772 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19470810 | HOUSING CASE AND INSERT SET | Kyocera Corporation | BUI, LUAN KIM | 3736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19165590 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FRONT EDGE PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE, AND PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19161311 | AXIAL FLOW FAN | USUI CO., LTD. | LAMBERT, WAYNE A | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19309998 | AUTOMATIC GAS-FUEL SWITCHING SYSTEM | Chongqing Am Pride Power & Machinery Co., Ltd. | HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| 19157574 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND PRESENTING APPLICATION USAGE | C.G. Tae Technology Inc. | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19298832 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | PATEL, DHAIRYA A | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 | |
| 19283746 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19273419 | STEERING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | HL Mando Corporation | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19271032 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE CONTROLLER, IN-VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL TERMINAL | Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. | WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| 19264887 | GENERATION SUPPORT DEVICE, GENERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD | Fotographer AI, Inc. | CHEN, YU | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19261598 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 | |
| 19260282 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE CONTROL DEVICE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | SEOL, DAVIN | 3662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 04, 2025 |
| 19259508 | FLIP-FLOP CIRCUIT AND METHOD | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | O NEILL, PATRICK | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 | |
| 19255856 | WAFER PROCESSING METHOD | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1715 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255872 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING LATCH WITH TRANSISTORS OF DIFFERENT GATE WIDTHS | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | O NEILL, PATRICK | 2842 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19252413 | GATED TRI-STATE INVERTER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | JAGER, RYAN C | 2842 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19251801 | CELL PRODUCTION SYSTEM | I Peace, Inc. | JOS, BASIL T | 3656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19253186 | DATA SEQUENCING CIRCUIT | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | VERBRUGGE, KEVIN | 2132 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19251802 | CELL PRODUCTION SYSTEM | I Peace, Inc. | JOS, BASIL T | 3656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19143376 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING CHILD WELFARE SERVICES | AiCAN Inc. | BROWN, LUIS A | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19143377 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING CHILD WELFARE SERVICES | AiCAN Inc. | SENSENIG, SHAUN D | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19250070 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH CONTROL | Pixart Imaging Inc. | PHAM, LONG D | 2623 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19142635 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Prediction Inc. | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19247229 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DECOUPLING SYSTEM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | 2842 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19245952 | ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19243284 | FEEDING APPARATUS, ANTENNA, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19241088 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING HYSTERESIS BLOCK | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | WELLS, KENNETH B | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| 19238642 | COMMUNICATION MODULE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 2631 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19137645 | VALVE DEVICE | Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd. | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19231555 | COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY SUPPORT SYSTEM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | GUILIANO, CHARLES A | 3623 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19136150 | LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF AMBIENT LIGHT AND COLOR SENSORS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUCH A LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | WILLIAMS, DON J | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228259 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION BIT AND APPARATUS | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | JACKSON, JAYLUN ARMAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 | |
| 19134211 | ROTOR MAGNET AND BRUSHLESS MOTOR | Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19222061 | RESONATOR, FILTER, DYNAMIC ANTENNA ELEMENT, AND REMOTE RADIO UNIT | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 | |
| 19216854 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT | Wonderland Switzerland AG | NELSON JR, MILTON | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 | |
| 19211617 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION SIGNALNG IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK PREAMBLE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | SINKANTARAKORN, PAWARIS | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 | |
| 19210287 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION BY HOT CUTTING | BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19210025 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | FAROOQUI, QUAZI | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 | |
| 19208611 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND ROBOT SYSTEM | Fanuc Corporation | FIGUEROA, JAIME | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 | |
| 19207361 | ELECTRODE SHEET PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRODE SHEET MANUFACTURING DEVICE | Jtekt Corporation | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19207363 | CAMERA FOOTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | CHIN, MICHELLE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19129389 | SEAT AND ROCKING CHAIR INCLUDING THE SEAT | Wonderland Switzerland AG | SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 | |
| 19205949 | DISEMBARKING SUPPORT DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | DENSO CORPORATION | AN, IG TAI | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 | |
| 19129016 | BATTERY DEVICE | Global Mobility Service Inc. | YANG, JAMES J | 2686 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2025 |
| 19198607 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | TSANG, HENRY | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 | |
| 19116092 | VISUAL ACUITY TRAINING SYSTEM, VISUAL ACUITY TRAINING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Juntendo Educational Foundation | LAM, NELSON C | 2627 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19125557 | THREADLIKE ADHESIVE STICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STICKING THREADLIKE ADHESIVE | Nitto Denko Corporation | SELLS, JAMES D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| 19189266 | BATTERY CARRIER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial87.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hauptman Ham, LLP were allowed, across 38,626 applications in USPTO records.
2.79 office actions per allowed application on average.
906 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 206 clients, before 792 examiners in 269 art units.