Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
10 pending office actions • 7 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC operates as a patent law firm in Chemistry & Materials. The firm has managed 499 career applications, resulting in a resolved allowance rate of 88.3 percent. Prosecution is efficient, averaging 2.92 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm has 6 pending office actions. The 2.92 average office actions per allowance suggests a relatively direct path to grant, with the firm effectively overcoming examiner rejections. This data is based on 499 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area.
An 88.3 percent allowance rate shows a strong track record of securing patent grants. Practitioners can expect a streamlined prosecution process given the 2.92 average office actions per allowance. The 6 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload in this technical field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (10%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, ISHFAR | 1 | — | — |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 80.6% | +19.7% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.0% | +20.6% |
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 1 | 81.8% | +6.9% |
| SHAH, ANTIM G | 1 | 74.2% | +39.2% |
| SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 1 | 86.3% | +20.8% |
| ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 1 | 83.2% | +32.9% |
| KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1 | 49.7% | +15.5% |
| ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 1 | 52.7% | +26.7% |
| EFTA, ALEX B | 1 | 59.8% | +25.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18953236 | CONFIGURATION SETTING FOR WIDE AREA SYSTEM PROTECTION | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104851 | GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 5d |
| 19203550 | BACKING PLATE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PLACARD | AHMED, ISHFAR | — |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18726468 | Arrangement for Heating a Liquid | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
| 18660410 | Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104851 | GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 5d |
| 17424918 | Gel Aerosol-Forming Substrate Cartridge that Can be inserted into Electrically Heated Smoking Article, Electrically Heated Smoking Article Including the Same, and Aerosol Generating Device and System Therefor | EFTA, ALEX B | 22d |
| 18953236 | CONFIGURATION SETTING FOR WIDE AREA SYSTEM PROTECTION | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18718671 | Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof | SHAH, ANTIM G | — |
| 18660410 | Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 17604586 | "manufacturing method of an inductive device" | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Quanta Technology, LLC | 3 |
| INNO-IT CO., LTD. | 2 |
| International Name Plate Supplies Ltd. | 1 |
| Truma | 1 |
| EM-TECH Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG | 1 |
| FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2113 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19203550 | BACKING PLATE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PLACARD | International Name Plate Supplies Ltd. | AHMED, ISHFAR | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 18953236 | CONFIGURATION SETTING FOR WIDE AREA SYSTEM PROTECTION | Quanta Technology, LLC | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2113 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | Quanta Technology, LLC | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18726468 | Arrangement for Heating a Liquid | Truma Gerätetechnik GmbH & Co. KG | WILSON, GREGORY A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 | |
| 18718671 | Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof | Em-Tech Co., Ltd. | SHAH, ANTIM G | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18660410 | Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations | Quanta Technology, LLC | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 2116 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. Kg | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18104851 | GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR | Inno-It Co., Ltd. | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 17604586 | "manufacturing method of an inductive device" | Ferrobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2021 |
| 17424918 | Gel Aerosol-Forming Substrate Cartridge that Can be inserted into Electrically Heated Smoking Article, Electrically Heated Smoking Article Including the Same, and Aerosol Generating Device and System Therefor | Inno-It Co., Ltd. | EFTA, ALEX B | 1745 | §112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 22, 2021 |
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