Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
67 pending office actions • 13 clients • 58 examiners • 41 art units • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
McGinn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC has handled 12468 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 87.89 percent. On average, it takes 3.23 office actions to reach an allowance. There are 51 pending office actions currently.
The firm's significant portfolio of 12468 career applications in the chemistry sector reflects a robust prosecution practice. The resolved allowance rate of 87.89 percent and the average of 3.23 office actions per allowance indicate a consistent level of success and efficiency. With 51 pending office actions, the firm continues to be active in the chemistry and materials fields.
The history of these career applications provides a solid foundation for evaluating the firm's performance. The average number of office actions per allowance is a key metric for understanding the firm's prosecution timeline. These figures demonstrate the firm's ability to effectively manage large-scale patent portfolios in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 | 7 (10%) |
| §103 only | 20 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 32 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2 | 52.4% | +16.4% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| LEE, AHAM NMN | 2 | 46.3% | +54.5% |
| NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2 | 68.0% | +14.1% |
| YANG, JIE | 2 | 62.6% | +19.4% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 2 | 71.7% | +12.8% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 2 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
| OUYANG, BO | 2 | 60.6% | +8.8% |
| CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 2 | 38.4% | +36.2% |
| KHOO, STACY | 1 | 81.9% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19410696 | LED DISPLAY DEVICE AND LED MODULE CONNECTION METHOD | KHOO, STACY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18233707 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | PILLAY, DEVINA | 8d |
| 18010114 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE | YANCHUK, STEPHEN J | 16d |
| 18368460 | FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE | CHAU, ALAIN | 22d |
| 18287521 | STEEL MATERIAL FOR CARBONITRIDING AND CARBONITRIDED STEEL MATERIAL | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 26d |
| 18834537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 27d |
| 18601682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING HARDNESS OF MOLDED PRODUCT | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 17774910 | POWDER MATERIAL | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 33d |
| 19024429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | SNIDER, SCOTT | 39d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531006 | MULTICORE CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2d overdue |
| 17870521 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MODULES | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 7d |
| 18126824 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, CERAMIC DIVIDED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 12d |
| 19410696 | LED DISPLAY DEVICE AND LED MODULE CONNECTION METHOD | KHOO, STACY | — |
| 19050343 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | — |
| 18964017 | WIRE HARNESS | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — |
| 18945104 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — |
| 18945056 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD. | 14 |
| Bain Capital | 12 |
| SUBARU CORPORATION | 10 |
| Daido Steel | 10 |
| Sharp | 9 |
| GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | 4 |
| KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD. | 2 |
| Amplus Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Toyota | 1 |
| FANUC | 1 |
| DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Hobbic Study Incorporated | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 3 |
| 3621 | 2 |
| 2896 | 2 |
| 2841 | 2 |
| 1734 | 2 |
| 1735 | 2 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 1722 | 2 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410696 | LED DISPLAY DEVICE AND LED MODULE CONNECTION METHOD | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | KHOO, STACY | 2624 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19287119 | DISPLAY DEVICE, MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19285248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19170936 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOLDED PRODUCT PRODUCTION SITE | Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd. | YANG, JAMES J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 | |
| 19050343 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19048081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19024429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | SNIDER, SCOTT | 3621 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18964017 | WIRE HARNESS | Proterial, Ltd. | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| 18958841 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | SPAMER, DONALD R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18946679 | SWING ANALYZING APPARATUS AND SWING ANALYZING PROGRAM | Amplus Co., Ltd. | MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18945104 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | LEE, AHAM NMN | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| 18945056 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | LEE, AHAM NMN | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| 18937815 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE CABLE AND TERMINAL STRUCTURE OF DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE CABLE | Proterial, Ltd. | POOS, JOHN W | 2896 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18929123 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | KIM, SUN U | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18887335 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | VU, VU A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18884759 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18813747 | COMPOSITE CABLE AND COMPOSITE HARNESS | Proterial, Ltd. | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18796795 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND INSULATING ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYER USED FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | KARIMY, TIMOR | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 | |
| 18788907 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | ANYA, IGWE U | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| 18834537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD | Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18771112 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Subaru Corporation | LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | 2664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18748831 | PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE | Subaru Corporation | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18742534 | OUTLIER REMOVAL METHOD AND OUTLIER REMOVAL DEVICE | Proterial, Ltd. | HANNETT, JAMES M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| 18739987 | DISCONNECTION DETECTION METHOD AND DISCONNECTION DETECTION DEVICE | Proterial, Ltd. | GONZALEZ, MILTON | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18738793 | VEHICLE FLOOR MAT STRUCTURE | Subaru Corporation | FREEDMAN, LAURA | 3614 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18637040 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE | Subaru Corporation | FRICK, EMMA K | 3613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18615501 | WIRELESSLY RECHARGEABLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 | |
| 18608527 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18608477 | PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM, PARKING GUIDANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. | MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S | 3663 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18692711 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL POWDER FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18602855 | SEMICONDUCTOR DECIVE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | CHI, SUBERR L | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18601682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING HARDNESS OF MOLDED PRODUCT | Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd. | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18431124 | Fe-Co ALLOY FOR SOFT MAGNETIC MEMBER, AND SOFT MAGNETIC MEMBER USING SAME | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18421329 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | SANTIAGO, MARICELI | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18419993 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18540106 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | LINDSEY, COLE LEON | 2812 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18538585 | MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL FOR HYDROGEN GAS ENVIRONMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18531043 | CROSSLINKED FLUORORESIN, CROSSLINKED FLUORORESIN PRODUCING METHOD, MOLDED BODY, AND MOLDED BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD | Proterial, Ltd. | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 | |
| 18531006 | MULTICORE CABLE | Proterial, Ltd. | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18529851 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18527554 | NANOCRYSTALLINE SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18385755 | MATERIAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MATERIAL DATA PROCESSING METHOD | Proterial, Ltd. | BROWN, MICHAEL J | 4100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18384185 | Ni-BASED ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND Ni-BASED ALLOY MEMBER | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18383767 | VEHICLE | Subaru Corporation | KENLAW, GRACE A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| 18287521 | STEEL MATERIAL FOR CARBONITRIDING AND CARBONITRIDED STEEL MATERIAL | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18285775 | WIREDRAWN PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIREDRAWN PRODUCT | Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18368460 | FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE | Subaru Corporation | CHAU, ALAIN | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18240464 | METHOD OF DESIGNING AIRCRAFT PART AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AIRCRAFT PART | Subaru Corporation | FLYNN, ABBY J | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 | |
| 18233707 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | Subaru Corporation | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18227321 | Si ALLOY POWDER FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | RUSERE, LINAH NATSAI | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18218435 | WELDING WIRE | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 3761 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18217116 | ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE, ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION METHOD, MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEDICAL DEVICE | Proterial, Ltd. | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18217075 | ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE, ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION METHOD, MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEDICAL DEVICE | Proterial, Ltd. | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18206489 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL WELDING WIRE AND WELDED PART | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18126844 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND CERAMIC DIVIDED SUBSTRATE | Proterial, Ltd. | CULLEN, PATRICK LAWRENCE | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18126824 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, CERAMIC DIVIDED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | Proterial, Ltd. | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18010114 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | YANCHUK, STEPHEN J | 1752 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17924186 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | Gs Yuasa International Ltd. | HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 17918376 | MACHINING METHOD FOR WORKPIECE | Fanuc Corporation | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17914696 | ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY | Gs Yuasa International Ltd. | EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17870521 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MODULES | Subaru Corporation | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 1722 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17858505 | VITAL SIGN MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Subaru Corporation | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
| 17782259 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS | Gs Yuasa International Ltd. | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 1722 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17774910 | POWDER MATERIAL | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | May 06, 2022 |
| 17770255 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS | Gs Yuasa International Ltd. | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 17689722 | POWDER MATERIAL AND PRODUCING METHOD FOR THE SAME | Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
| 16399772 | BODYPAINTING INKS, BODYPAINTING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING BODYPAINTING INKS | Hobbic Study Incorporated | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | 1699 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Apr 30, 2019 |
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