Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
90 pending office actions • 23 clients • 81 examiners • 58 art units • 0 of 90 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
OSTROLENK FABER LLP handles Chemistry & Materials matters and has 91 pending office actions across 13515 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.41%, showing allowance in a majority of resolved applications.
The average of 3.14 office actions per allowance indicates that allowance commonly follows several examination events. The broad application history provides context for the outcome measure, while the pending docket calls for systematic tracking of responses, claim amendments, and examiner positions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (6%) |
| §103 only | 34 (38%) |
| §102 only | 3 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 43 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 4 | 62.5% | -15.3% |
| FORD, NATHAN K | 2 | 32.6% | +35.2% |
| SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | 2 | 45.5% | +41.8% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 2 | 66.5% | +63.1% |
| BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 2 | 41.8% | +40.2% |
| KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 2 | — | — |
| HOBBS, MICHAEL L | 2 | 68.7% | +28.4% |
| REAGAN, JAMES A | 1 | 71.4% | +20.0% |
| LAVINDER, JACK W | 1 | 65.3% | +28.2% |
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 1 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256576 | PIPELINE JUNCTION COATING | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 4d overdue |
| 18505154 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED DEVICE PACKAGES | TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU | 5d |
| 18689824 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 14d |
| 17926642 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 30d |
| 16316070 | VOLATILE SUBSTANCE EVAPORATION DEVICE | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 71d |
| 19540174 | MICROTRANSACTION SYSTEM | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19126547 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | FORD, NATHAN K | — |
| 19118909 | MOISTURISING FABRIC AND THE USE THEREOF | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19540174 | MICROTRANSACTION SYSTEM | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19292575 | MINIATURIZED COUPLINGS FOR JEWELRY COMPONENTS | LAVINDER, JACK W | — |
| 19217312 | PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| 19126547 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | FORD, NATHAN K | — |
| 19075756 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | — |
| 19066142 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 19029772 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | — |
| 19019865 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 7 |
| 1716 | 4 |
| 1713 | 3 |
| 3733 | 3 |
| 1759 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 1718 | 3 |
| 1749 | 2 |
| 1714 | 2 |
| 3655 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19540174 | MICROTRANSACTION SYSTEM | Dropp, Inc. | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 19292575 | MINIATURIZED COUPLINGS FOR JEWELRY COMPONENTS | Next Space Inc. | LAVINDER, JACK W | 3677 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19217312 | PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 | |
| 19126547 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | FORD, NATHAN K | 1716 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19122248 | PROPELLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19118909 | MOISTURISING FABRIC AND THE USE THEREOF | Comfiknit Limited | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19088238 | PLASMA OUTPUT MONITORING SYSTEM | Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd. | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19076373 | METHOD FOR SETTING TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR A PLURALITY OF PROXIMITY SENSORS OF THE SAME KIND | Optosys SA | PHAN, MINH Q | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075756 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19065003 | INDUCTIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR WITH TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION | Optosys SA | LE, THANG XUAN | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19066142 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19105773 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | PERRIN, JOSEPH L | 1711 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18997441 | OFFSHORE MOORING STRUCTURE INTENDED TO CONNECT A SURFACE ASSEMBLY TO AN UNDERWATER ANCHOR, AND RELATED OFFSHORE INSTALLATION | Technipfmc Subsea France | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19029772 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | 1749 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019865 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18879868 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19001258 | SOFT-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER WITH RIM | California Innovations Inc. | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18877896 | VOLTAGE REGULATION METHOD FOR THREE-PHASE FOUR-BRIDGE-ARM THREE-LEVEL INVERTER | Shanghai Chint Power Systems Co., Ltd. | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18961871 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961835 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962130 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18957603 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | TRAN, BINH X | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18866996 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18939404 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | TORRES, MARCOS L | 2647 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18915665 | DECOUPLED FLOATING BONDING STAGE | Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd. | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18856584 | AUTOMATIC OPENING MECHANISM | Chint Low Voltage Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. | SAEED, AHMED M | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18906149 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18892288 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 4100 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18892079 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | COLLINS, MICHAEL | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848847 | OPERATING MECHANISM AND SWITCHING DEVICE | Chint Low Voltage Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. | JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R | 2831 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18846618 | DISPENSING DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY DISPENSING A COOLING MEDIUM ONTO A CAST STRAND | Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH | TRAN, LEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18844346 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 1711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18839544 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CHIN, RICKY | 2424 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18839021 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18838194 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COMPARING PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CHAMBERS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF COMPARING PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CHAMBERS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | PAN, YUHUI R | 2116 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18832880 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18781218 | SMART LIGHTING AND APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOCATION AND CALENDAR AWARENESS | Lighting & Supplies, Inc. | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18779437 | POSTURE TURNING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 3652 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18729503 | ASSISTANCE DEVICE, ASSISTANCE METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 2896 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18723840 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology | CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18723280 | DIE FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING INSTALLATION | Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH | HA, STEVEN S | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18742608 | SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING METHOD | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | FORD, NATHAN K | 1716 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18679553 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18677613 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | HATFIELD, MARSHALL MU-NUO | 2897 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18675376 | INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR BONDING LENSES TO IMAGE SENSORS | Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd. | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18711971 | A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND METERING OF DRY ICE GRANULATE FOR A DEVICE FOR MIXING SOLID PARTICLES OF DRY ICE WITH A FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM | Ics Ice Cleaning Systems S.R.O. | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18704400 | ION CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | National University Corporation Shizuoka University | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 1795 | §112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18704390 | AMORPHOUS MATERIAL AND CROSS-POINT TYPE MEMORY | National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology | ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K | 2891 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18703938 | SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS | Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18640648 | INSULATED CONTAINER ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL STORAGE ACCOMMODATION | California Innovations Inc. | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial84.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb and Soffen, LLP were allowed, across 13,515 applications in USPTO records.
3.14 office actions per allowed application on average.
90 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 23 clients, before 81 examiners in 58 art units.
