Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1,542 pending office actions • 293 clients • 1229 examiners • 346 art units • 1 of 1,542 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
OLIFF PLC reports 1537 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 97473 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 87.57%, with an average of 5.16 office actions per allowance.
The pending docket and application history indicate a substantial prosecution operation. The action average is notable in relation to the reported allowance rate because allowed matters have involved repeated examination activity. Practitioners should plan active files with attention to sustained prosecution effort, amendment sequencing, and the record needed to support eventual resolution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 372 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. 372 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 | 36 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 121 (8%) |
| §103 only | 569 (37%) |
| §102 only | 117 (8%) |
| §112 only | 61 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 11 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 38 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 580 (38%) |
| No statute on record | 9 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 7 | 54.1% | +6.9% |
| JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 7 | 40.0% | -7.8% |
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 7 | 81.6% | +0.3% |
| AHVAZI, BIJAN | 6 | 63.1% | +47.6% |
| BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 5 | 91.0% | +7.3% |
| CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 5 | 38.1% | +35.2% |
| CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE | 5 | 75.6% | +18.7% |
| CUTLER, ALBERT H | 4 | 79.4% | +21.1% |
| CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 4 | 89.6% | +6.4% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 4 | 56.9% | +39.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18540534 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 15d |
| 17923675 | GLASS MATERIAL | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 61d |
| 19042910 | DISPLAY METHOD | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | — |
| 19041125 | PROJECTION SYSTEM, PROJECTOR CART, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING PROJECTION SYSTEM | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | — |
| 19013098 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | — |
| 18928294 | TREATMENT DEVICE | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | — |
| 18541886 | ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR FEEDING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRO SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | — |
| 18231410 | OPTICAL GLASS, GLASS PREFORM, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290887 | ICE-MAKING DEVICE AND ICE-MAKING METHOD | OSWALD, KIRSTIN U | 168d overdue |
| 18376950 | RF SHAVER AUXILIARY SUCTION | DELLA, JAYMI E | 168d overdue |
| 18022701 | FLUORIDE PHOSPHOR, COMPLEX, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | KOSLOW, CAROL M | 147d overdue |
| 18142352 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 131d overdue |
| 18009069 | USE OF MICRO-RNA TO IMPROVE AND TREAT CHRONIC PHASE CARDIAC FUNCTION | HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 124d overdue |
| 18703545 | ROUTING MEMBER AND WIRE HARNESS | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 118d overdue |
| 18016726 | MEASUREMENT METHOD | COURSON, TANIA C | 104d overdue |
| 17798772 | SHAPE CHANGE PREDICTION METHOD FOR PRESS FORMED PART | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 97d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18122949 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLE, AND SPECTACLES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 35d overdue |
| 18269003 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLE, AND SPECTACLES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 30d overdue |
| 18947381 | MINERAL BINDER COMPOSITION FOR 3D PRINTING | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 8d |
| 17943859 | SOLID-STATE BATTERY | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 13d |
| 18567640 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUND, PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLE AND SPECTACLES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 22d |
| 17583681 | MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE | 28d |
| 18743760 | MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT | CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE | 40d |
| 18444366 | BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BATTERY | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 69d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Toyota | 210 |
| TDK | 112 |
| Fujifilm | 77 |
| NIKON CORPORATION | 67 |
| SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG | 56 |
| JFE Holdings | 55 |
| Rolls-Royce | 52 |
| Denso | 52 |
| Shin-Etsu | 52 |
| Olympus | 39 |
| Dai Nippon Printing | 39 |
| MAKITA CORPORATION | 38 |
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 33 |
| Epson | 31 |
| Aisin | 25 |
| NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION | 23 |
| Hoya | 23 |
| Denka | 22 |
| Asahi Intecc | 18 |
| Sumitomo | 18 |
| RENISHAW PLC | 15 |
| JTEKT | 14 |
| GLOBERIDE, INC. | 14 |
| DENSO TEN Limited | 11 |
| bioMérieux | 9 |
| Cataler | 9 |
| TOHOKU UNIVERSITY | 7 |
| SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 7 |
| CDGM GLASS CO., LTD | 7 |
| DEXerials | 6 |
| SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD. | 6 |
| Zeon | 6 |
| Aisan Kogyo | 5 |
| DAIKI CO., LTD. | 5 |
| DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED | 5 |
| KY7 INC. | 5 |
| Shandong University | 5 |
| TOAGOSEI CO., LTD. | 5 |
| Omron | 5 |
| BIOASTER | 5 |
| J-QUAD DYNAMICS INC. | 4 |
| Bandai Namco | 4 |
| National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System | 4 |
| Kubota | 4 |
| Arku Maschinenbau | 3 |
| Yoshino Kogyosho | 3 |
| Teijin Aramid B.V. | 3 |
| Nagoya Institute of Technology | 3 |
| SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED | 3 |
| MAXELL, LTD. | 3 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 31 |
| 2834 | 24 |
| 3731 | 23 |
| 2872 | 23 |
| 2837 | 22 |
| 1737 | 21 |
| 1731 | 20 |
| 1725 | 19 |
| 2882 | 18 |
| 2858 | 17 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19123513 | Untitled | JFE Steel Corporation | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19659534 | SEWING MACHINE | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | PATEL, TAJASH D | 3732 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2026 |
| 19643141 | DRIVING TOOL | Makita Corporation | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2026 |
| 19633033 | POWER TOOL HAVING A HAMMER MECHANISM | Makita Corporation | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2026 |
| 19575281 | FUELDRAULIC HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Rolls-Royce | CHAU, ALAIN | 3741 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2026 |
| 19567720 | DRIVING TOOL | Makita Corporation | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2026 |
| 19531034 | POWER TOOL | Makita Corporation | JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2026 |
| 19465036 | POWER TOOL | Makita Corporation | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2026 |
| 19506076 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP | Ckd Corporation | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2026 |
| 19448341 | VEHICLE TRANSLATION INFORMATION PROJECTION SYSTEM AND TRANSLATION INFORMATION PROJECTION METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | BUKOWSKI, KENNETH | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 19444285 | PORTABLE MACHINING APPARATUS | Makita Corporation | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2026 |
| 19423015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | Denso Ten Limited | YENKE, BRIAN P | 2422 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 19421639 | POWER TOOL | Makita Corporation | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19419579 | ELECTRIC TOOL | Makita Corporation | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2025 |
| 19404563 | RECIPROCATING TOOL | Makita Corporation | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 19487601 | STEERING SYSTEM | Jtekt Corporation | TO, TOAN C | 3614 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19486108 | FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING TOOL | Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19395507 | DRIVING TOOL | Makita Corporation | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19393746 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19387731 | FLUID FLOW MACHINE COMPRISING A SEALING ARRANGEMENT | Rolls-Royce | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19388350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | Nikon Corporation | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19387750 | FLUID FLOW MACHINE COMPRISING A SEALING ARRANGEMENT | Rolls-Royce | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19387739 | FLUID FLOW MACHINE COMPRISING A CASING STRUCTURE | Rolls-Royce | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19482835 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A TRANSACTION RELATING TO AT LEAST ONE NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN UNIQUELY ASSOCIATED WITH A PHYSICAL PRODUCT | Aura Blockchain Consortium | MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | 3629 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19384458 | SWITCHING APPARATUS | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | LE, MINH Q | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19380645 | BLOWER | Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd. | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19379110 | VIDEO PREVIEW NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VIDEO PREVIEW NAVIGATION SYSTEM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19367262 | ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE | Aisin Corporation | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19477125 | LOCKING DEVICE AND STORAGE APPARATUS | Tokai Riken Co., Ltd. | TULLIA, STEVEN A | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19364678 | GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE | Rolls-Royce | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 3741 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19354533 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | Subaru Corporation | MOYER, DALE S | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19351009 | JOB-SITE ELECTRIC DEVICE | Makita Corporation | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19349218 | DATA RECORDERS | Rolls-Royce | HOLMAN, JOHN D | 3667 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19347323 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE | Rolls-Royce | FLORES, JUAN G | 3745 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19344938 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Seiko Epson Corporation | GUPTA, PARUL H | 2627 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19343296 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE | SMC Corporation | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19341353 | CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS | Seiko Epson Corporation | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19168177 | METHOD FOR LEACHING ROCK METAL COMPONENT, METHOD FOR STORING CARBON DIOXIDE UNDERGROUND, AND METHOD FOR FIXING CARBON DIOXIDE | Tohoku University | VARMA, ASHISH K | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19334477 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19331826 | CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE | 3666 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19330136 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | WEBER, TAMARA L | 3667 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19165027 | SCAN ACCESSORY SYSTEM WITH SCAN ELEMENT FOR DIGITALLY SCANNING A DENTAL SITUATION | Medentika GmbH | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19327530 | VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE | Aisin Corporation | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19326032 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19326117 | SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 2169 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19324879 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DETECTION ELEMENT, VIDEO LASER MODULE, AND XR GLASSES | TDK Corporation | LUBIT, RYAN A | 2626 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19324557 | VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE | Aisin Corporation | MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | 2689 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19325082 | SOLAR CELL MODULE | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19323556 | THROTTLE DEVICE | Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | WADDY, JONATHAN J | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19323341 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE | Rolls-Royce | THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial87.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Oliff, PLC were allowed, across 97,473 applications in USPTO records.
2.98 office actions per allowed application on average.
1,542 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 293 clients, before 1229 examiners in 346 art units.
