Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 4 clients • 14 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
JUNEAU & MITCHELL-NC has managed 68 career applications, primarily within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 82.61 percent, which demonstrates its success rate in securing patent grants.
The prosecution process involves an average of 3.79 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates the level of negotiation required to reach a favorable outcome. With 11 pending office actions currently active, the firm continues to apply its experience from 68 applications to its current chemistry and materials caseload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 8 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | 1 | 89.2% | +3.9% |
| KOPEC, MARK T | 1 | 84.5% | +12.9% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 1 | 62.3% | +27.3% |
| FORD, RENE D | 1 | 80.1% | +22.2% |
| FABIAN JR, ROBERTO | 1 | 71.6% | +27.2% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 66.7% | +68.5% |
| LIU, SHUYI S | 1 | 73.6% | +25.6% |
| HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1 | 62.6% | +25.1% |
| QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 53.3% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18582134 | Blower attachment and system for atomizing and dispensing liquids | FORD, RENE D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17878266 | ADAPTIVE LIGHT BARRIER PROCESSING | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 9d overdue |
| 18201557 | System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 53d |
| 19421760 | IMPROVED MULTI PURPOSE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM FLUID STREAMS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 19082719 | SYSTEM FOR DESTACKING CONSUMABLES IN AUTOMATED ANALYSER SYSTEMS | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | — |
| 18841596 | A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | KOPEC, MARK T | — |
| 17967405 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FLUIDS IN MICROFLUIDIC PRODUCTS | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18421050 | FLUID ANALYSIS USING OPTICAL SYSTEMS | FABIAN JR, ROBERTO | 70d overdue |
| 18632589 | Pressure monitored piston pump | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 4d overdue |
| 18201557 | System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 53d |
| 19421760 | IMPROVED MULTI PURPOSE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM FLUID STREAMS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18841596 | A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | KOPEC, MARK T | — |
| 18582134 | Blower attachment and system for atomizing and dispensing liquids | FORD, RENE D | — |
| 18144598 | CENTRIFUGE WITH SAFETY SHUTTER | LIU, SHUYI S | — |
| 18125437 | CONTAINER FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS | HANDY, DWAYNE K | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Stratec | 11 |
| Standard H2, Inc. | 1 |
| Leclanché, SA | 1 |
| Mist-Pro, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 4 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19421760 | IMPROVED MULTI PURPOSE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM FLUID STREAMS | Standard H2, Inc. | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19082719 | SYSTEM FOR DESTACKING CONSUMABLES IN AUTOMATED ANALYSER SYSTEMS | Stratec SE | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| 18841596 | A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | Leclanché, SA | KOPEC, MARK T | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18632589 | Pressure monitored piston pump | Stratec SE | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18582134 | Blower attachment and system for atomizing and dispensing liquids | Mist-Pro, LLC | FORD, RENE D | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18421050 | FLUID ANALYSIS USING OPTICAL SYSTEMS | Stratec SE | FABIAN JR, ROBERTO | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18201557 | System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids | Stratec SE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18144598 | CENTRIFUGE WITH SAFETY SHUTTER | Stratec SE | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18125437 | CONTAINER FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS | Stratec SE | HANDY, DWAYNE K | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18097585 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RINSING PROCESSES | Stratec SE | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17967405 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FLUIDS IN MICROFLUIDIC PRODUCTS | Stratec SE | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17878266 | ADAPTIVE LIGHT BARRIER PROCESSING | Stratec SE | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 2877 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2022 |
| 17590865 | DEVICE FOR MOVING PROBES | Stratec SE | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
| 17587908 | STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING THE FILLING OF WELLS IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | Stratec SE | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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