Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
18 pending office actions • 13 clients • 17 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ray Quinney & Nebeker has handled 704 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm reports a resolved allowance rate of 87.25 percent. Prosecution typically requires 3.37 office actions per allowance. There are 16 pending office actions currently.
The 3.37 average provides a benchmark for the prosecution effort involved in managing the 704 applications in this chemistry sector. This metric is applicable to the 16 pending actions currently on the firm's docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 + other | 4 (22%) |
| §103 only | 6 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUX, DAVID J | 2 | 65.0% | +28.3% |
| BALSECA, FRANKLIN D | 1 | 60.4% | +30.4% |
| DOWNEY, JOHN R | 1 | 59.7% | +23.7% |
| MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 1 | 71.4% | +14.3% |
| BOYCE, ANDRE D | 1 | 36.4% | +18.4% |
| HUGHES, DEANDRA M | 1 | 78.5% | +18.4% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 1 | 45.8% | +42.3% |
| ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 1 | 82.9% | +17.2% |
| ROBINSON, KYLE G | 1 | 11.7% | +16.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18886605 | DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 31d overdue |
| 18165016 | AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | SPARKS, RUSSELL E | 15d overdue |
| 18165036 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 12d |
| 19022093 | MANAGING LIVE VIDEO STREAM CONNECTIONS | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | — |
| 18697701 | TRANSPORT FACILITY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18593736 | AUTHENTICATING PRESENTED CREDENTIALS OF INDIVIDUALS | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | — |
| 18535671 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | — |
| 18491632 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED HEALTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH INFORMATION | ROBINSON, KYLE G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19228409 | WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM | BALSECA, FRANKLIN D | 35d overdue |
| 18886605 | DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 31d overdue |
| 18751064 | ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE | HUGHES, DEANDRA M | 27d |
| 19087920 | ALIGNING MEASUREMENT DATA SETS FROM DIFFERENT DEVICES | DOWNEY, JOHN R | — |
| 19022093 | MANAGING LIVE VIDEO STREAM CONNECTIONS | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | — |
| 18697701 | TRANSPORT FACILITY | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18593736 | AUTHENTICATING PRESENTED CREDENTIALS OF INDIVIDUALS | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | — |
| 18293588 | Grain Dryer with Column Grain Diverters | LAUX, DAVID J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Smart Rain Systems, LLC | 3 |
| JRE Star Investment Holdings | 2 |
| The GSI Group, LLC | 2 |
| White Rhino U.S.A., LLC | 2 |
| ThermoWorks Inc. | 1 |
| Live View Technologies | 1 |
| JBR Franchise Co | 1 |
| POMA | 1 |
| Lumen Vector | 1 |
| Phi Health Sciences, Inc. | 1 |
| Acme Crd Corporation | 1 |
| Pdt Holdings, LLC | 1 |
| Thermal Intelligence Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2688 | 1 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1747 | 1 |
| 1755 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228409 | WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM | ThermoWorks Inc. | BALSECA, FRANKLIN D | 2688 | §112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19087920 | ALIGNING MEASUREMENT DATA SETS FROM DIFFERENT DEVICES | Jre Star Investment Holdings, LLC | DOWNEY, JOHN R | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19022093 | MANAGING LIVE VIDEO STREAM CONNECTIONS | Live View Technologies, LLC | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2421 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18886605 | DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS | Jbr Franchise Co. | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 3623 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18751064 | ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE | Jre Star Investment Holdings, LLC | HUGHES, DEANDRA M | 3992 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18697701 | TRANSPORT FACILITY | Poma | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 | |
| 18593736 | AUTHENTICATING PRESENTED CREDENTIALS OF INDIVIDUALS | Lumen Vector LLC | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 2449 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18293588 | Grain Dryer with Column Grain Diverters | The GSI Group, LLC | LAUX, DAVID J | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| 18292427 | Grain Dryer with Debris Access Port | The GSI Group, LLC | LAUX, DAVID J | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 | |
| 18535671 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM | Smart Rain Systems, LLC | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18491632 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED HEALTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH INFORMATION | Phi Health Sciences, Inc. | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18241416 | SYSTEMS FOR CONTACT LENS MOVEMENT AND STORAGE | Acme Crd Corporation | VU, STEPHEN A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 | |
| 18038937 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF TREATING WATER | Pdt Holdings, LLC | RIPA, BRYAN D | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18165036 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE | White Rhino U.S.A., LLC | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 1747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18165016 | AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | White Rhino U.S.A., LLC | SPARKS, RUSSELL E | 1755 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18072377 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CLOUD-BASED IRRIGATION CONTROL | Smart Rain Systems, LLC | OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17851994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD SENSING UTILIZING IRRIGATION SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE | Smart Rain Systems, LLC | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 17756154 | POWER AND HEAT GENERATOR SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | Thermal Intelligence Inc. | CAMPBELL, THOR S | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
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