Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
17 pending office actions • 2 clients • 16 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. - Sciex maintains a prosecution record in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm has handled 91 career applications with a resolved allowance rate of 96.3 percent. This success rate is paired with an average of 2.0 office actions per allowance, suggesting a direct path to grant.
The firm currently faces 11 pending office actions. Given the average of 2.0 office actions per allowance, these matters represent the current phase of active prosecution relative to the 91 career applications. Clients can expect a focused approach to resolving these outstanding matters based on the 96.3 percent resolved allowance rate. This historical performance provides a baseline for the 11 pending office actions currently under review. The firm's specialization in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics is evident in the high success rate achieved across its career applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (24%) |
| §103 only | 3 (18%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2 | 63.4% | +9.3% |
| BALL, JOHN C | 1 | 78.8% | +16.2% |
| CHOI, JAMES J | 1 | 67.9% | +45.0% |
| WANG, JING | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 1 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
| DO, AN H | 1 | 90.5% | +7.0% |
| EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 1 | 71.4% | +40.0% |
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 1 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 1 | 84.4% | +23.8% |
| OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 1 | 73.0% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035210 | WELL TRAY ANALYZERS UTILIZING REMOVEABLE MAGNETS | RAMIREZ, ALEX | 6d |
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 34d |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | CHOI, JAMES J | — |
| 18837043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ANALYSIS OF CHARGE SERIES SPECTRA | WANG, JING | — |
| 18714355 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTRAL DATA GENERATION | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18698672 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING COMPLETE DATA EXTRACTION OF DIA DATA | DO, AN H | — |
| 18689522 | ION TYPE TAILORED LIBRARY SEARCH PRE-PROCESSING, CONSTRAINTS AND SPECTRAL DATABASE BUILDING | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — |
| 18686385 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING INFORMATION IN DDA MASS SPECTROMETRY | LOGIE, MICHAEL 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 34d |
| 18871844 | CARTRIDGE FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | BALL, JOHN C | — |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | CHOI, JAMES J | — |
| 18714355 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTRAL DATA GENERATION | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18694178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DECONVOLUTION FOR NON-CONTACT SAMPLE EJECTION | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | — |
| 18293148 | GENERIC PEAK FINDER | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | 16 |
| Aaron P. STELLA | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 7 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1684 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871844 | CARTRIDGE FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | BALL, JOHN C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18864298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE RE-RUNS IN SAMPLE ANALYSYS | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | CHOI, JAMES J | 2881 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18837043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ANALYSIS OF CHARGE SERIES SPECTRA | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | WANG, JING | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18714355 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MASS SPECTRAL DATA GENERATION | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | STOFFA, WYATT A | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 | |
| 18698672 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING COMPLETE DATA EXTRACTION OF DIA DATA | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | DO, AN H | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 | |
| 18694178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DECONVOLUTION FOR NON-CONTACT SAMPLE EJECTION | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 2881 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18689522 | ION TYPE TAILORED LIBRARY SEARCH PRE-PROCESSING, CONSTRAINTS AND SPECTRAL DATABASE BUILDING | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | MCCORMACK, JASON L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 | |
| 18686385 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING INFORMATION IN DDA MASS SPECTROMETRY | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18293148 | GENERIC PEAK FINDER | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18569701 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (DMS) SEPARATIONS USING ALPHA FUNCTIONS | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18558592 | IMPROVEMENTS TO PEAK INTEGRATION BY INTEGRATION PARAMETER ITERATION | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18264613 | AFFINITY SELECTION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY WORKFLOW USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | WECKER, JENNIFER | 1684 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18262829 | LIQUID FLOW/AIR FLOW COMBINATION FOR SAMPLE TRANSPORT | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | FISHER, BRITTANY I | 1796 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18036461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED MASS ANALYSIS INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18036485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A FLUID SAMPLE | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18035210 | WELL TRAY ANALYZERS UTILIZING REMOVEABLE MAGNETS | Aaron P. Stella | RAMIREZ, ALEX | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 17755597 | Method of Mass Analysis - SWATH with Orthogonal Fragmentation Methodology | DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
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