Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
17 pending office actions • 12 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Winston-Salem focuses on Chemistry & Materials, also drawing from the 60121 career applications. The resolved allowance rate pct is 82.59. There are 13 pending office actions currently being managed. The 82.59 resolved allowance rate pct remains a benchmark for the firm's performance in Chemistry & Materials. The 13 pending office actions are fewer than the 60121 career applications.
The avg office actions per allowance is 3.21. This consistency across different technology areas suggests a unified prosecution approach. The 3.21 avg office actions per allowance indicates the level of interaction with the USPTO. With its 60121 career applications, the firm's performance metrics are grounded in a large portfolio. These data points allow practitioners to set client expectations for the Chemistry & Materials prosecution timeline.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 3 (18%) |
| §103 only | 6 (35%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | 1 | 85.5% | +8.7% |
| PATEL, PINALBEN V | 1 | 89.2% | +9.5% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
| AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M | 1 | 84.3% | +14.7% |
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| TIEU, BINH KIEN | 1 | 87.3% | +9.5% |
| STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1 | 48.7% | +33.5% |
| HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 1 | 83.5% | +7.2% |
| KURIAN, ANDREW SHAJI | 1 | 77.8% | -8.5% |
| MILLER, SERENITY A | 1 | 68.0% | +36.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603923 | EFFICIENT PACKET PROCESSING IN A SHARED MEMORY REGION | HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 26d |
| 19050420 | OPERATION-SPECIFIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION | CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | — |
| 19029670 | VIRTUALIZING OBJECTS USING OBJECT MODELS AND OBJECT POSITION DATA | PATEL, PINALBEN V | — |
| 18843354 | MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655823 | Low-Density Yarn Products and Methods of Making Same | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 2d overdue |
| 18332240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION | LUDWIG, PETER L | 56d |
| 18283969 | FILM AND METHOD | KHARE, ATUL P | 70d |
| 18835461 | Concavity Diaphragm Forming | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| 18791617 | INTELLIGENTLY VERIFYING TELEPHONE CALLS USING AUTHENTICATED IDENTITY INFORMATION | TIEU, BINH KIEN | — |
| 18287491 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPENDECTOMY DEVICE AND METHOD | MILLER, SERENITY A | — |
| 18037708 | VECTORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EUKARYOTIC GENE EDITING | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | — |
| 18065263 | Cover For Sterile Field Fluid Systems | BUI, LUAN KIM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655823 | Low-Density Yarn Products and Methods of Making Same | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 2d overdue |
| 18934965 | DEVICE FOR SURFACE COVERING | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 26d |
| 18843354 | MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M | — |
| 18835461 | Concavity Diaphragm Forming | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| 18287491 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPENDECTOMY DEVICE AND METHOD | MILLER, SERENITY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 2469 | 1 |
| 2464 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 1637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19050420 | OPERATION-SPECIFIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION | Lowe'S Companies, Inc. | CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19029670 | VIRTUALIZING OBJECTS USING OBJECT MODELS AND OBJECT POSITION DATA | Lowe'S Companies, Inc. | PATEL, PINALBEN V | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18934965 | DEVICE FOR SURFACE COVERING | Lowe'S Companies, Inc. | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18843354 | MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | Weathered Security, LLC | AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 | |
| 18835461 | Concavity Diaphragm Forming | Mclaren Automotive Limited | LEE, EDMUND H | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18791617 | INTELLIGENTLY VERIFYING TELEPHONE CALLS USING AUTHENTICATED IDENTITY INFORMATION | Numeracle, Inc. | TIEU, BINH KIEN | 2694 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18655823 | Low-Density Yarn Products and Methods of Making Same | David Rothschild Co., Inc. | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18603923 | EFFICIENT PACKET PROCESSING IN A SHARED MEMORY REGION | Kratos Integral Holdings LLC | HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18603929 | QUEUE MANAGEMENT FOR PACKET TRANSMISSION IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Kratos Integral Holdings LLC | KURIAN, ANDREW SHAJI | 2464 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18287491 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPENDECTOMY DEVICE AND METHOD | Wake Forest University Health Sciences | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18283969 | FILM AND METHOD | Great Wrap Pty Ltd. | KHARE, ATUL P | 1742 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18332240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION | Lowe'S Companies, Inc. | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18037708 | VECTORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EUKARYOTIC GENE EDITING | Wake Forest University Health Sciences | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 1637 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18108433 | PREDICTING CHANGES IN RISK BASED ON INTERVENTIONS | Waymark, Inc. | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 3682 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18065263 | Cover For Sterile Field Fluid Systems | C Change Surgical, LLC | BUI, LUAN KIM | 3736 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 18050740 | Glass Compositions, Fiberizable Glass Compositions, and Glass Fibers Made Therefrom | Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17780173 | ACELLULAR PLACENTAL THERAPIES FOR NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS | Plakous Therapeutics, Inc. | FOX, ALLISON M | 1633 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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