Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 7 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MACCORD MASON PLLC specializes in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, with a total of 1761 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.52 percent. This 85.52 percent allowance rate demonstrates a consistent ability to navigate the patent office's requirements and secure grants for chemical and materials science clients.
The firm averages 2.51 office actions per allowance. This metric of 2.51 office actions indicates an efficient prosecution cycle, often requiring several rounds of examiner interaction to reach an allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 9 pending office actions. These 9 pending office actions represent the firm's immediate workload within its broader portfolio of 1761 career applications. For practitioners, the combination of an 85.52 percent allowance rate and a 2.51 average for office actions suggests a firm that balances success with a streamlined approach.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (82%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOM, ROBERT J | 2 | 57.5% | +34.7% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.5% |
| BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.1% | +21.3% |
| QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | 1 | 70.4% | +34.7% |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.4% | +26.6% |
| ROSEN, ERIC J | 1 | 41.3% | +22.8% |
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.5% | +43.0% |
| JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 1 | 68.5% | +25.1% |
| LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1 | 57.2% | +56.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14437279 | DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS | EOM, ROBERT J | 74d overdue |
| 18948028 | HANGER | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 6d |
| 18271069 | DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD | THAKUR, VIREN A | 30d |
| 18834744 | TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 48d |
| 16652175 | SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 63d |
| 18730868 | DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| 18754336 | TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | — |
| 18008057 | CLEANING KIT HAVING A SOLUTE | ROSEN, ERIC J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17796503 | APPLICATION OF FRAGRANCE TO FABRIC SUBSTRATES USING FOAM | KHAN, AMINA S | 93d overdue |
| 14437279 | DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS | EOM, ROBERT J | 74d overdue |
| 18948028 | HANGER | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 6d |
| 18271069 | DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD | THAKUR, VIREN A | 30d |
| 18834744 | TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 48d |
| 16652175 | SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 63d |
| 18730868 | DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| 18754336 | TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Charm Sciences | 5 |
| Liberty Garden Products | 1 |
| Diversified Innovations, LLC | 1 |
| Charm Concepts | 1 |
| Berkshire Holding Corporation | 1 |
| Lisa Lindberg | 1 |
| Charm Sciences Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 3 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18948028 | HANGER | Liberty Garden Products, Inc. | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18834744 | TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | Charm Sciences, Inc. | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18730868 | DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | Charm Sciences, Inc. | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18754336 | TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY | Diversified Innovations, LLC | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| 18271069 | DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD | Charm Concepts, LLC | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18008057 | CLEANING KIT HAVING A SOLUTE | Berkshire Holding Corporation | ROSEN, ERIC J | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17796503 | APPLICATION OF FRAGRANCE TO FABRIC SUBSTRATES USING FOAM | Lisa Lindberg | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17639601 | TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD | Charm Sciences Inc. | JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 1797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 16652175 | SINGLE UNIT ASSAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND ASSEMBLY | Charm Sciences, Inc. | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Mar 30, 2020 |
| 16825357 | ASSAY ANALYSIS | Charm Sciences, Inc. | EOM, ROBERT J | 1797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2020 |
| 14437279 | DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS | Charm Sciences, Inc. | EOM, ROBERT J | 1797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2015 |
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