Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
582 pending office actions • 235 clients • 510 examiners • 242 art units • 1 of 582 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MAIER & MAIER, PLLC reports 592 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 14323 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 85.38%, with an average of 2.77 office actions per allowance.
The profile records substantial application activity and a large current docket in the reported technology area. The allowance rate describes resolved results, while the office-action average provides context for examination activity associated with allowances. The figures support a broad review of workload, prosecution outcomes, and response intensity.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 112 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. 112 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 only | 8 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 63 (11%) |
| §103 only | 186 (32%) |
| §102 only | 24 (4%) |
| §112 only | 26 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 9 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 253 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, MICHAEL Y | 4 | 57.4% | +26.3% |
| MARTIN, MATTHEW T | 4 | 44.7% | +38.7% |
| HANSEN, JARED A | 4 | 53.1% | +48.0% |
| ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3 | 90.2% | +6.3% |
| WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 3 | 61.4% | +17.0% |
| SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 3 | 55.5% | +17.0% |
| DOVE, TRACY MAE | 3 | 68.7% | +9.3% |
| CREWS, JARET JAMES | 3 | 43.9% | +71.3% |
| HA, STEVEN S | 3 | 70.4% | +29.6% |
| VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | 3 | 72.0% | +9.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19037697 | WAGER ODDS ADJUSTER | ELISCA, PIERRE E | — |
| 18891165 | METHOD OF OFFERING A MARKETPLACE OF ODDS FOR WAGERING | ELISCA, PIERRE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18455910 | AWNING-COUPLED PROTECTION COMPONENT FOR VEHICLES | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 182d overdue |
| 17917374 | SURGICAL SIMULATION DEVICE | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 169d overdue |
| 18716323 | DEVICE FOR MODIFYING A LAYER OF GRANULAR MEDIUM | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 155d overdue |
| 18699093 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND LIVE CONTROLLING OF LIGHT BEAMS | STOCK JR, GORDON J | 146d overdue |
| 17771209 | DURABLE COPPER-SCR CATALYST | LI, JUN | 111d overdue |
| 17785295 | LARGE SCALE PROCESS | BERRY, LAYLA D | 99d overdue |
| 17685699 | INTEROPERATIVE NORMALIZED LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM | JACKSON, JORDAN L | 87d overdue |
| 18441144 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR YOUTH CAREER DEVELOPMENT, WORK-READINESS, INCOME GENERATION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 73d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259146 | NOVEL GALACTOSIDE INHIBITOR OF GALECTINS | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 103d overdue |
| 18146010 | BATTERY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND BATTERY ASSEMBLING METHOD | HA, STEVEN S | 35d overdue |
| 18746514 | SYSTEM FOR REPLAYING A BET | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 5d |
| 19113610 | SOLAR MODULE WITH THREE-TERMINAL TANDEM SOLAR CELLS | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 9d |
| 18669702 | UPCOMING ACTION WAGERING | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 13d |
| 17602444 | METHOD FOR LOWERING THE OXIDISING POWER OF A LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID ORGANIC COMPOSITION | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 16d |
| 17281379 | CATHODE PLATE AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE CATHODE PLATE | HANSEN, JARED A | 27d |
| 17780636 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL USED FOR BATTERY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF, AND BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND BATTERY | HA, STEVEN S | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 22 |
| 1728 | 15 |
| 1723 | 14 |
| 2898 | 13 |
| 1751 | 13 |
| 1725 | 12 |
| 3791 | 8 |
| 1729 | 8 |
| 1783 | 7 |
| 1612 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042097 | Untitled | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | PERENY, TYLER J | 2836 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19576595 | MULTIVITAMIN FORMULATION | Ellaola Brands Inc. | WATTS, JENNA A | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2026 |
| 19537948 | AERIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF MANIPULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY TOUCHING IT | Interman Corporation | YEUNG, MATTHEW | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19403345 | INTERFERENCE SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SOURCES OF RADIATION EMITTING TWO BEAMS OF RADIATION INTERFERING IN A BODY PART OR REGION TO BE TREATED AND AT LEAST ONE NANOPARTICLE | AlphaOnco | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19395314 | FRONT AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | Audi AG | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19393801 | BIOGAS HALOGEN PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Stearns, Conrad And Schmidt, Consulting Engineers, Inc. | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1736 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19390785 | ENGINEERING TOOL | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | WOO, ISAAC M | 2163 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19372815 | DISK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISK DEVICE | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19471764 | A MACHINE FOR TEXTILE PROCESSING, A SYSTEM, A METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE MACHINE, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Jeanologia, S. L. | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19336840 | ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | Audi AG | MO, XIAO EN | 3747 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19165767 | DOUBLE-WALLED CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DOUBLE-WALLED CONTAINER | Kyoraku Co., Ltd. | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19324876 | APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH METHOD AND APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH SYSTEM | Kioxia Corporation | LE, DEBBIE M | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19162263 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE | Audi AG | KRAFT, LOGAN M | 3747 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19293103 | MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE | Kioxia Corporation | TSUI, DANIEL D | 2132 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19150943 | TOUCH SCREEN INFORMATION INPUT METHOD FOR SMART DEVICE AND SMART DEVICE ITSELF | Ingenico (Fujian) Technology Co., Ltd. | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19276109 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DENTAL ALIGNERS TO A SUBJECT SHOWING A NON-ALIGNEMENT OF ITS DENTITION | Orthoin3D | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19252349 | DOUBLE CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, PREFORM, AND CONTAINER MANUFACTURING METHOD | Kyoraku Co., Ltd. | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19247076 | PROTECTIVE PART FOR A CONVEYOR | Exotec Product France | BIDWELL, JAMES R | 3651 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19209066 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR SORTING POLYMERIC WASTE | Synextra S.p.A. | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19190895 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION METHOD | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19121858 | ROBOT MANIPULATION DEVICE AND ROBOT | Fanuc Corporation | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19175018 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEVICE PERFORMANCE CONSUMPTION, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Ruijie Networks Co., Ltd. | KEEHN, RICHARD G | 2444 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19117663 | SUPPLY CHAIN PLATFORM SYSTEM | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19117457 | PROCESSING AND PALLETIZING UNIT FOR PACKAGED PRODUCTS | Plusline S.r.l. | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19115359 | SAFETY SYSTEM | Kiichi'S Memo Inc. | JIANG, YONG HANG | 2689 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19089313 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE LOCALIZATION OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS | Unistellar | SAJOUS, WESNER | 2612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19113610 | SOLAR MODULE WITH THREE-TERMINAL TANDEM SOLAR CELLS | Institut Für Solarenergieforschung GmbH | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19113475 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING MOTOR VEHICLE | Audi AG | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19082298 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT | Audi AG | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19081002 | INTELLIGENT REFLECTING SURFACE HAVING INTEGRATED DISPLAY PART | Japan Display Inc. | CHUNG, DAVID Y | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19077412 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED HEALTH MANAGEMENT | Hopital Americain De Paris | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 3684 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19110585 | OPTIMIZED ROBOTIC ARMS TRAJECTORIES | Exotec Product France | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19071867 | ROTOR AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | VAZIRI, MASOUD | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19108460 | PREFABRICATED CHAIR CAPABLE OF MINIMAL VOLUME PACKAGING AND PACKAGING METHOD OF THE PREFABRICATED CHAIR | Hygge Inc. | NELSON JR, MILTON | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19107161 | HANDLEBAR DEVICE FOR A MOTORCYCLE OR BICYCLE | Joan Miquel Jaume Juncà | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19063427 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE | Kioxia Corporation | RADKE, JAY W | 2827 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19062136 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2653 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062213 | TIRE | Toyo Tire Corporation | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062189 | TIRE | Toyo Tire Corporation | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106033 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL INVERSION TIME FOR AN "INVERSION RECOVERY" RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE SEQUENCE OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE FOR ACQUIRING LATE IMAGES AFTER ADMINISTERING A PARAMAGNETIC CONTRAST MEDIUM | UNIVERSITÀ CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19053563 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERACTIVE SPORTS GAME | Adrenalineip | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18725978 | DEVICE FOR ASSISTING OR SUBSTITUTING THE HEART | Bypa Medical Solutions | KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19046781 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERACTIVE SPORTS GAME | Adrenalineip | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046844 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING DC-DC CONVERTER AND REGULATOR | Kioxia Corporation | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19043646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND TRACKING LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES IN SEPARATE ACCOUNTS INCLUDING MODIFIED STABLE VALUE PROTECTED FUNDS | Addle Management, LLC | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | 3694 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19099133 | CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS | Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. | CORMIER, DAVID G | 1711 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19099109 | A METHOD OF OPERATING A COORDINATOR SYSTEM, COORDINATOR SYSTEM, AND A VEHICLE WITH THE SAME | Audi AG | TROOST, AARON L | 3666 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19099154 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. | CORMIER, DAVID G | 1711 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19038775 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M | 3662 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19037784 | INCREMENTAL WAGER METHOD | Adrenalineip | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Maier & Maier, Pllc were allowed, across 14,323 applications in USPTO records.
2.77 office actions per allowed application on average.
582 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 235 clients, before 510 examiners in 242 art units.
