Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
198 pending office actions • 88 clients • 167 examiners • 96 art units • 0 of 198 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. is a patent law firm with a large practice in Chemistry & Materials. The firm has 12387 career applications. It currently manages 148 pending office actions. This volume of 148 pending office actions is part of the firm's work on its 12387 career applications.
The firm's resolved allowance rate pct is 77.89. This is paired with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.5. For its career applications, the 77.89 resolved allowance rate pct provides a success metric. The 3.5 avg office actions per allowance indicates the level of interaction required to reach an allowance in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The resolved allowance rate pct and average office actions per allowance together define the firm's prosecution profile and efficiency. This summary is based on the 12387 career applications and 148 pending office actions currently managed by the firm.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 64 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. 64 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (7%) |
| §103 only | 51 (26%) |
| §102 only | 7 (4%) |
| §112 only | 19 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 95 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 5 | 48.6% | +36.2% |
| SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 4 | 57.9% | +37.4% |
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 3 | 73.6% | +24.3% |
| GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 3 | 63.5% | +40.2% |
| EDWARDS, LYDIA E | 3 | 60.1% | +6.0% |
| CRUZ, IRIANA | 2 | 81.8% | +9.5% |
| GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 2 | 71.7% | +11.5% |
| PANG, ROGER L | 2 | 89.2% | +7.1% |
| SABAH, HARIS | 2 | 77.0% | +15.6% |
| WALLACE, JOHN R | 2 | 78.3% | +23.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19040393 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PAPER SELECTION | CRUZ, IRIANA | — |
| 18994232 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE | PANG, ROGER L | — |
| 18640511 | WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR HEAVY DUTY OFF-HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT, METHOD OF USE, METHOD OF INSTALLATION, AND OFF-HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT USING SAME | PANG, ROGER L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17339103 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR CLEARING BLOOD OF ACTIVE PATHOGENS | DEAK, LESLIE R | 315d overdue |
| 18283977 | NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN GENERATION SYSTEM AND NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN GENERATION METHOD | ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | 134d overdue |
| 17909503 | Voice Authentication Apparatus Using Watermark Embedding And Method Thereof | SHAH, PARAS D | 127d overdue |
| 18283924 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A HAIR-CUTTING APPLIANCE | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 93d overdue |
| 18275486 | PIGMENT DISPERSION | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 93d overdue |
| 18032081 | SUPPORT APPARATUS | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 87d overdue |
| 17694923 | ALL PURPOSE CLEANER, DISINFECTANT AND PESTICIDE MICROEMULSION FORMULATION AND METHOD OF USE | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 71d overdue |
| 18600041 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT TRANSACTIONS | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 67d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18148633 | TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S AN ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR AN ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 88d overdue |
| 18025103 | ARRAY, SOAKING SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF SELECTING SOAKING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALS | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 50d overdue |
| 18687650 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE FRACTIONATION OF AIR | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 49d overdue |
| 18025107 | ARRAY, SOAKING SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF SELECTING SOAKING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALS | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 43d overdue |
| 16781226 | ADRENOMEDULLIN TO GUIDE THERAPY OF BLOOD PRESSURE DECLINE | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 37d overdue |
| 16315805 | ADRENOMEDULLIN FOR ASSESSING CONGESTION IN A SUBJECT WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 36d overdue |
| 18025100 | ARRAY, SOAKING SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF SELECTING SOAKING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALS | GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M | 30d overdue |
| 18684520 | METHOD AND CONVEYING DEVICE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 10 |
| 1771 | 8 |
| 2682 | 8 |
| 1798 | 4 |
| 1766 | 4 |
| 1645 | 4 |
| 1628 | 3 |
| 1772 | 3 |
| 1653 | 3 |
| 1613 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19556476 | METHOD OF MAKING LANIFIBRANOR | Inventiva | BRAUN, MADELINE E | 1624 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2026 |
| 19162612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIUM | Linde GmbH | NIESZ, JASON KAROL | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19265488 | LIFTING MECHANISM FOR AN APPARATUS FOR LIFTING CONTRUCTION BOARDS, LIFTING APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH A MECHANISM, LIFTING METHOD USING SUCH AN APPARATUS | Edma | ADAMS, GREGORY W | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19220333 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD | Tld (Canada) Inc. | BUSE, TERRY C | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19078982 | FLEXIBLE PAPER ATTRIBUTE SELECTION FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | PACHOL, NICHOLAS C | 2699 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19108538 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY | Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19103313 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A PROCESS ENGINEERING FACILITY | Linde GmbH | ALVARE, PAUL | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19043839 | SUBSCRIPTION PLAN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc. | DAVISON, KATHLEEN GAGE | 3688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19042735 | COVER PLATE RETENTION SLOT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Rtx Corporation | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19040393 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PAPER SELECTION | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CRUZ, IRIANA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 | |
| 19099629 | STORAGE CONTAINER | Linde GmbH | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19037607 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONTENT SEARCH AND REPLACE FOR DOCUMENTS WITH MATCHING METADATA METHODS | Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc. | HOANG, HAU HAI | 2154 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18996899 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING A ZEOLITE-BASED HYDROCRACKING CATALYST, AND USE THEREOF IN A HYDROCRACKING PROCESS | IFP Energies Nouvelles | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18996901 | MARKETPLACE FOR ENABLING SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY PRODUCTION PROCESSES | Emd Millipore Corporation | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024014 | SPECIAL TOOLING FOR FABRICATING VANES | Rtx Corporation | TENTONI, LEO B | 1742 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994751 | HYDROTREATMENT PROCESS USING A SEQUENCE OF CATALYSTS WITH A CATALYST BASED ON NICKEL AND TUNGSTEN ON A SILICA-ALUMINA SUPPORT | IFP Energies Nouvelles | DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1771 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019712 | SOLAR CELLS | Merck Patent GmbH | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18994412 | CONNECTION SPACE AND HYDROGEN SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT | Linde GmbH | ZEC, FILIP | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18994343 | METHOD FOR REJUVENATING A CATALYST FROM A HYDROPROCESSING AND/OR HYDROCRACKING PROCESS | IFP Energies Nouvelles | ROBINSON, RENEE E | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18994232 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE | Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. | PANG, ROGER L | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18881175 | SAMPLING LID ASSEMBLY FOR PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM | Merck Patent GmbH | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 | |
| 18881183 | Pharmaceutical composition and method for enhancing solubility of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients | Merck Patent GmbH | ALAWADI, SARAH | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 | |
| 18987062 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING SUB-PAGE PARALLEL RENDERING | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | YIP, KENT | 2681 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18987075 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING SUB-PAGE PARALLEL RENDERING | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SABAH, HARIS | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18875054 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS | IFP Energies Nouvelles | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18975436 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A JOB | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SABAH, HARIS | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18872672 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISODIUM 5,10-METHYLENE-(6R)-TETRAHYDROFOLATE | Merck Patent GmbH | SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L | 1628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18872651 | SKIN CONDITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Maruho Co., Ltd. | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18968216 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR USING OPTIMIZATION OPERATIONS IN PRINTING OPERATIONS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CRUZ, IRIANA | 2681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18578349 | COMPOSITE DECK PLATE | Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. | MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 | |
| 18868418 | SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A URINAL CONDOM | Urisan GmbH | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18867294 | DEVICE FOR SAMPLING SOLID PARTICLES COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CAPACITIVE VALVE | Axens | ALLEN, ANDRE J | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| 18947966 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A JOB | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CHEN, HUO LONG | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18937477 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING INTELLIGENT RIP I/O FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | WALLACE, JOHN R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 | |
| 18863174 | EXTRACTION COLUMN HAVING ALTERNATING COMPARTMENT HEIGHTS | IFP Energies Nouvelles | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931378 | ROUTE SURVIVABILITY AUTONOMOUS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18860780 | A SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS FROM MICROSCOPY IMAGES | Merck Patent GmbH | YANG, QIAN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18860831 | METHOD FOR TREATING PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL INCLUDING AN H2S RECYCLING STEP | Repsol S.A. | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18921595 | METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING CLOUD PRINTING OPERATIONS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | TIEU, BENNY QUOC | 2682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18855482 | SYNTHETIC RESIN LEATHER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Okamoto Industries, Inc. | DILLON, DANIEL P | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 | |
| 18905635 | GROUND PROTECTION MAT AND METHOD OF USE | Wearwell, LLC | HARTMANN, GARY S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 | |
| 18853036 | ROLLED MATERIAL | Proterial, Ltd. | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852033 | METHOD FOR LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION OF AROMATICS WITH EXTRACT RECYCLES STREAMS | IFP Energies Nouvelles | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18851734 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULOLYTIC AND/OR HEMICELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES | IFP Energies Nouvelles | ROBINSON, HOPE A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18892836 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED JOB SUBMISSION IN A PRINTING SYSTEM | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | LAM, ANDREW H | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18892866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED LIVENESS DETECTION AND IDENTITY VERIFICATION | Id R&D Inc. | TERRELL, EMILY C | 2666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18848961 | NEGATIVELY CHARGED SILICA PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH PARTICLES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH PARTICLES, AND A METHOD OF CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING USING SUCH PARTICLES | Merck Patent GmbH | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18847098 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, PORTABLE MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER, METHOD FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING/ADJUSTING A PARTCLE MONITORING SYSTEM | Mbv AG | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18821214 | APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD(S) FOR REPAIRING MACHINE PARTS | Rtx Corporation | COOK, KYLE A | 3726 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18577516 | NOVEL POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial77.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C. were allowed, across 12,387 applications in USPTO records.
3.50 office actions per allowed application on average.
198 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 88 clients, before 167 examiners in 96 art units.