Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
23 pending office actions • 17 clients • 23 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HoustonHogle LLP focuses its patent prosecution efforts in the Communications technology area. The firm has a substantial track record with 1211 career applications, reflecting a deep familiarity with the specific challenges of this industry. Its resolved allowance rate pct stands at 88.58, showing a high frequency of successful outcomes across its total volume of resolved cases. This success rate suggests a strong proficiency in addressing the technical rejections often encountered in communications patents.
The firm is currently processing 21 pending office actions, which represents its current active workload. To achieve its grants, the firm navigates an avg office actions per allowance of 3.99. This metric indicates that applications often undergo multiple rounds of review and amendment before reaching an allowance. The 88.58 resolved allowance rate pct suggests that despite the 3.99 avg office actions per allowance, the firm maintains a strong capability for overcoming examiner rejections. For practitioners, these figures provide a baseline for the 1211 career applications managed by the firm in this sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 + other | 4 (17%) |
| §103 only | 5 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 1 | 24.8% | +25.0% |
| OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 1 | — | — |
| VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | 1 | 66.8% | +20.1% |
| LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 1 | 77.6% | +16.0% |
| CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 1 | 54.5% | +12.7% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 1 | 80.9% | -0.8% |
| FAYE, MAMADOU | 1 | 78.8% | +6.5% |
| TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1 | 66.4% | +6.6% |
| CLARKE, TRENT R | 1 | 42.0% | +24.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18807391 | Method for providing source data for training or validating processing model for processing analyte image sequences | LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17437069 | Dental Post | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 105d overdue |
| 18512234 | Module for exchanging an interface unit, test system with such a module, method for testing semiconductor elements and for exchanging interface units | ISLA, RICHARD | 73d overdue |
| 17722182 | Methods of Isoprenoid Synthesis Using a Genetically Engineered Hydrocarbonoclastic Organism in a Biofilm Bioreactor | LU, CHENG | 50d overdue |
| 18504216 | Handling device for transporting interface units for a test device for testing semiconductors | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 8d overdue |
| 18506557 | COMPUTER DEVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPUTER DEVICE | SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE | 40d |
| 18731877 | Gunshot Detection System with Encrypted, Wireless Transmission | WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA | 76d |
| 19132626 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | — |
| 18769698 | Smart rings and construction methods therefor | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19132626 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | — |
| 19015929 | Image reconstruction for wide field mode CT scans | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18769698 | Smart rings and construction methods therefor | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — |
| 18756266 | LiDAR using Multi-Junction Laser Diodes | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — |
| 18718814 | Reaction vessel unit, method for selectively removing a liquid and for introducing a liquid containing a target substance from or into a reaction vessel of a reaction vessel unit | CLARKE, TRENT R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 2407 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19132626 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sustech Inc. | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3626 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19034996 | Spatially varying artifact removal method for computed tomography | Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc. | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| 19015929 | Image reconstruction for wide field mode CT scans | Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc. | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 18807391 | Method for providing source data for training or validating processing model for processing analyte image sequences | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | 2664 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18769698 | Smart rings and construction methods therefor | Senbiosys | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18756266 | LiDAR using Multi-Junction Laser Diodes | Seminex Corporation | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| 18756252 | Coherent LIDAR using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers | Seminex Corporation | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| 18722209 | Semiconductor X-Ray Detector with Light Emitting Layer and Method Therefor | Carl Zeiss X Ray Microscopy Inc. | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18720226 | Device for the additive manufacturing of components | Kurtz GmbH & Co. Kg | TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1743 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18718814 | Reaction vessel unit, method for selectively removing a liquid and for introducing a liquid containing a target substance from or into a reaction vessel of a reaction vessel unit | Bluecat Solutions GmbH | CLARKE, TRENT R | 1651 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18717500 | Endoscope and endoscope system for cardio-float applications | Allied Vision Finning GmbH | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18731877 | Gunshot Detection System with Encrypted, Wireless Transmission | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA | 2407 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18443465 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH SENSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Luxar AI, Inc. | MOORE, WHITNEY | 3646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18425475 | Reinforced Adsorbent Fibers and Applications | Decarbontek LLC | CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR | 1773 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18521269 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DAILY PEAK LOAD REGULATION CAPACITY OF HYDROPOWER STATION | Guangxi Power Grid Corporation | VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M | 2115 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18519239 | Method and apparatus for assigning image areas from image series to result classes by means of analyte data evaluation system with processing model | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA | 2669 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18512234 | Module for exchanging an interface unit, test system with such a module, method for testing semiconductor elements and for exchanging interface units | Turbodynamics GmbH | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18506557 | COMPUTER DEVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPUTER DEVICE | Oprocessor Inc. | SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18504216 | Handling device for transporting interface units for a test device for testing semiconductors | Turbodynamics GmbH | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 2858 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 17922896 | A Diagnostic Device | Bio-Diagnostics Limited | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17867829 | Model-Based System Architecture Design Method for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Systems | BEIHANG UNIVERSITY | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 3695 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
| 17722182 | Methods of Isoprenoid Synthesis Using a Genetically Engineered Hydrocarbonoclastic Organism in a Biofilm Bioreactor | Capra Biosciences, Inc. | LU, CHENG | 1642 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17437069 | Dental Post | Marvis Interventional GmbH | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 105d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2021 |
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