Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
NEWHOPE LAW, PC has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 1,350 career applications. The profile combines a contained active workload with a broader historical record in the same technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 83.2%, and the average office actions per allowance is 1.6. Resolved matters reached allowance in a substantial portion of the record, while the action average indicates comparatively limited examination activity in allowed matters.
Practitioners may use this combination to examine how chemical and materials claims were framed and advanced. Current files still require individual analysis, but the historical measures make early issue identification and disciplined claim presentation relevant review points.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1 | 66.1% | +51.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | 1 | 66.8% | +11.5% |
| SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | 1 | 28.3% | +50.3% |
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.3% |
| ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1 | 65.4% | +36.6% |
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.4% | +32.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261166 | INVERT EMULSION HAVING DOUBLE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 10d overdue |
| 18840989 | INTEGRATED WATERBOARD FOR A WATER PURIFIER | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | — |
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | — |
| 18694458 | ELECTROCHEMICALLY ASSISTED ION EXCHANGE WATER TREATMENT DEVICE HAVING SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18156299 | HEXAHEDRAL HEATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE STERILIZATION BIOLOGICAL SHAKING TABLE | SPAMER, DONALD R | 36d overdue |
| 18261166 | INVERT EMULSION HAVING DOUBLE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 10d overdue |
| 18840989 | INTEGRATED WATERBOARD FOR A WATER PURIFIER | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | — |
| 18677416 | MIRROR MILLING PROCESSING AND MEASUREMENT PROCESS AND CONTROL PROCESS METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREOF | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | — |
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | — |
| 18694458 | ELECTROCHEMICALLY ASSISTED ION EXCHANGE WATER TREATMENT DEVICE HAVING SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840989 | INTEGRATED WATERBOARD FOR A WATER PURIFIER | Zhejiang Qinyuan Water Treatment S. T. Co., Ltd. | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18677416 | MIRROR MILLING PROCESSING AND MEASUREMENT PROCESS AND CONTROL PROCESS METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREOF | Shanghai Top Numerical Control Technology Co., Ltd. | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | New Focus Lighting & Power Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18694458 | ELECTROCHEMICALLY ASSISTED ION EXCHANGE WATER TREATMENT DEVICE HAVING SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | Zhejiang Qinyuan Water Treatment S. T. Co., Ltd. | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18261166 | INVERT EMULSION HAVING DOUBLE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | Jiangsu Feymer Technology Co., Ltd. | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18156299 | HEXAHEDRAL HEATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE STERILIZATION BIOLOGICAL SHAKING TABLE | Shanghai Zhichu Instrument Co., Ltd. | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial83.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Newhope Law, Pc were allowed, across 1,350 applications in USPTO records.
1.60 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.
