Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HEAD, JOHNSON, KACHIGIAN & WILKINSON, PC has handled 1525 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 82.22, showing a consistent ability to navigate the patent process. There are currently 7 pending office actions under their management, which indicates a focused set of active matters.
The firm averages 2.94 avg office actions per allowance, indicating the amount of communication with the patent office typically required. The 82.22 resolved allowance rate pct across 1525 career applications suggests a stable performance level in the chemistry sector. The 2.94 avg office actions per allowance reflects the typical effort required to overcome rejections in this specific technology area. This steady performance provides a predictable framework for clients filing in the materials science field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JENNIFER A | 4 | 61.0% | +26.6% |
| WALKER, JARED T | 1 | 84.6% | +9.8% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.2% | +38.2% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
| WEBB, MARGARET G | 1 | 79.9% | +8.1% |
| VO, TU A | 1 | 60.6% | +58.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17731025 | NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOSTIMULANTS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 11d overdue |
| 17731037 | GREEN COATING CONTAINING BIOSTIMULANTS FOR HYGROSCOPIC SUBSTRATES | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 10d overdue |
| 18112360 | NASAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | VO, TU A | 69d |
| 18904147 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING, STORING, AND DISPLAYING PHOTOGRAPHS | WALKER, JARED T | — |
| 18707654 | MILLIFLUIDIC CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATE | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18220695 | DUST AND ANTICAKING RESISTANT FERTILIZER | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 53d overdue |
| 17731025 | NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOSTIMULANTS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 11d overdue |
| 17731037 | GREEN COATING CONTAINING BIOSTIMULANTS FOR HYGROSCOPIC SUBSTRATES | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 10d overdue |
| 18112360 | NASAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | VO, TU A | 69d |
| 18707654 | MILLIFLUIDIC CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATE | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18703868 | IMPROVEMENTS TO UTENSILS FOR USE IN SECURE AREAS | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 17730937 | NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOCATALYSTS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Arkema | 2 |
| Tenfold Technologies, LLC D/B/A Agricen Sciences | 2 |
| TwinMotion, LLC | 1 |
| Vulcan Photonics Sdn. Bhd. | 1 |
| Detectamet | 1 |
| Peytec Inc. | 1 |
| Suzhou Huafan Chuangshuo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 4 |
| 2426 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904147 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING, STORING, AND DISPLAYING PHOTOGRAPHS | TwinMotion, LLC | WALKER, JARED T | 2426 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18707654 | MILLIFLUIDIC CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATE | Vulcan Photonics Sdn. Bhd. | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 | |
| 18703868 | IMPROVEMENTS TO UTENSILS FOR USE IN SECURE AREAS | Detectamet Limited | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18587750 | WIRELESS POSITIONING SYSTEMS | Peytec Inc. | WEBB, MARGARET G | 2641 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | 293d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18220695 | DUST AND ANTICAKING RESISTANT FERTILIZER | ArrMaz Products Inc. | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18112360 | NASAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | Suzhou Huafan Chuangshuo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | VO, TU A | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 17731025 | NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOSTIMULANTS | Tenfold Technologies, LLC D/B/A Agricen Sciences | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17730937 | NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOCATALYSTS | ArrMaz Products Inc. | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 17731037 | GREEN COATING CONTAINING BIOSTIMULANTS FOR HYGROSCOPIC SUBSTRATES | Tenfold Technologies, LLC D/B/A Agricen Sciences | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
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