Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
10 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 5 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 2 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| VANORE, DAVID A | 1 | 88.9% | +7.4% |
| CHANG, HANWAY | 1 | 85.8% | +7.9% |
| SMITH, DAVID E | 1 | 85.1% | +7.1% |
| VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1 | 78.7% | +20.2% |
| WANG, JING | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 1 | 63.7% | +9.4% |
| NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z | 1 | 44.5% | +39.8% |
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 1 | 79.5% | +23.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18769008 | THERMALLY OPTIMIZED EXTRACTION PLATE FOR ION IMPLANTER | VANORE, DAVID A | — |
| 18597210 | Heated Dynamic Seal Rotary Union for Delivery of Cryogenic Fluid | SMITH, DAVID E | — |
| 18542905 | Natural Frequency Adjuster For Extraction Electrodes | WANG, JING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441483 | THERMOELECTRIC CONTROL FOR A CRUCIBLE FOR USE WITH AN ION SOURCE | TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 75d |
| 18626895 | Semiconductor Processing System with Horizontal Scan | CHANG, HANWAY | — |
| 18392246 | Workpiece Support For Backside Processing Using Edge Grip | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| 18387987 | XRAY DIFFRACTION ANGLE VERIFICATION IN AN ION IMPLANTER | 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107819 | System and Method for Reducing Particle Formation in a Process Chamber of an Ion Implanter | TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 43d overdue |
| 18441483 | THERMOELECTRIC CONTROL FOR A CRUCIBLE FOR USE WITH AN ION SOURCE | TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 75d |
| 18392246 | Workpiece Support For Backside Processing Using Edge Grip | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| 18370155 | PLASMA SOURCE WITH MULTIPLE EXTRACTION APERTURES | NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z | — |
| 17740848 | HYBRID ION SOURCE FOR ALUMINUM ION GENERATION USING A TARGET HOLDER AND ORGANOALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Applied Materials | 10 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 4 |
| 2878 | 2 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1716 | 1 |
| 2800 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18769008 | THERMALLY OPTIMIZED EXTRACTION PLATE FOR ION IMPLANTER | Applied Materials, Inc. | VANORE, DAVID A | 2878 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18626895 | Semiconductor Processing System with Horizontal Scan | Applied Materials, Inc. | CHANG, HANWAY | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18597210 | Heated Dynamic Seal Rotary Union for Delivery of Cryogenic Fluid | Applied Materials, Inc. | SMITH, DAVID E | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 | |
| 18441483 | THERMOELECTRIC CONTROL FOR A CRUCIBLE FOR USE WITH AN ION SOURCE | Applied Materials, Inc. | TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18392246 | Workpiece Support For Backside Processing Using Edge Grip | Applied Materials, Inc. | VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1717 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18542905 | Natural Frequency Adjuster For Extraction Electrodes | Applied Materials, Inc. | WANG, JING | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18387987 | XRAY DIFFRACTION ANGLE VERIFICATION IN AN ION IMPLANTER | Applied Materials, Inc. | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18370155 | PLASMA SOURCE WITH MULTIPLE EXTRACTION APERTURES | Applied Materials, Inc. | NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z | 1716 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18107819 | System and Method for Reducing Particle Formation in a Process Chamber of an Ion Implanter | Applied Materials, Inc. | TANDY, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 17740848 | HYBRID ION SOURCE FOR ALUMINUM ION GENERATION USING A TARGET HOLDER AND ORGANOALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS | Applied Materials, Inc. | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2800 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
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