Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Miller Nash LLP operates as a patent law firm in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has managed 4113 career applications, achieving a resolved allowance rate of 82.99 percent. Prosecution requires an average of 3.04 office actions per allowance to reach a grant.
There are 10 pending office actions currently active. The 3.04 average office actions per allowance reflects a typical level of interaction with the patent office in the Chemistry & Materials sector. This performance metric is based on a significant volume of 4113 career applications.
The 82.99 percent allowance rate indicates a consistent ability to obtain allowances for clients. Practitioners should note that the 3.04 average office actions per allowance provides a baseline for expected prosecution timelines. The 10 pending office actions show the firm's ongoing engagement with Chemistry & Materials matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 3 (23%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 1 | 82.0% | +12.1% |
| MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1 | 29.9% | +32.7% |
| TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 1 | 66.7% | +27.8% |
| OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 1 | 60.9% | +14.3% |
| MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1 | 67.1% | +31.9% |
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.4% | +13.2% |
| SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | 1 | 78.1% | +19.8% |
| PAK, HANNAH J | 1 | 78.1% | +20.9% |
| MOK, ALEX W | 1 | 74.3% | +20.8% |
| ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | 1 | 12.0% | +41.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 155d overdue |
| 18637286 | COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 30d overdue |
| 19228474 | FLASH BANG GRENADE HOOK AND METHOD OF USE | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | — |
| 19216004 | METAL-FLUORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEPOSITION METHODS | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | — |
| 18924903 | SECONDARY WINDOW INSERT | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | — |
| 18580879 | RECONFIGURABLE SOFT LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18522016 | FAST FABRICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS USING SOLID EPOXY POWDER CONTAINING AN INITIATOR | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| 18253901 | DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ELASTICITY IMAGING | ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 155d overdue |
| 18637286 | COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 30d overdue |
| 18497614 | METHOD TO MAKE IMPROVED ELECTRICAL STEELS | MOK, ALEX W | 16d |
| 18721067 | REFILLABLE PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSER | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 62d |
| 19228474 | FLASH BANG GRENADE HOOK AND METHOD OF USE | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | — |
| 19216004 | METAL-FLUORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEPOSITION METHODS | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | — |
| 18924903 | SECONDARY WINDOW INSERT | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | — |
| 18580879 | RECONFIGURABLE SOFT LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228474 | FLASH BANG GRENADE HOOK AND METHOD OF USE | Icarus Precision LLC | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3641 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19216004 | METAL-FLUORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEPOSITION METHODS | Lotus Applied Technology, LLC | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 | |
| 18924903 | SECONDARY WINDOW INSERT | R Value, Inc. | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 | |
| 18721067 | REFILLABLE PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSER | Batten Industries Inc. | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18743250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR | Genus Industries, Inc. | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 155d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18637286 | COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS | Genus Industries, LLC Dba Icoir Products Group | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18580879 | RECONFIGURABLE SOFT LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | The Regents of the University of California | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 | |
| 18522016 | FAST FABRICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS USING SOLID EPOXY POWDER CONTAINING AN INITIATOR | Xerox Corporation | PAK, HANNAH J | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18497614 | METHOD TO MAKE IMPROVED ELECTRICAL STEELS | Xerox Corporation | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18253901 | DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ELASTICITY IMAGING | The Regents of the University of California | ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 | |
| 18163131 | LIDOCAINE SOLUTION AND FOOT WIPE | Pelli Skin Co., LLC | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18163153 | ANTIFUNGAL SOLUTION AND FOOT WIPE | Pelli Skin Co., LLC | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18157311 | TUNABLE, RAPID UPTAKE, AMINOPOLYMER AEROGEL SORBENT FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF CO2 | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated | PREGLER, SHARON | 1772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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