Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 8 clients • 20 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rhodes IP PLC has 19 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 616 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 87.93%, indicating that allowance was the outcome for most resolved matters in the reported record.
The average is 3.59 office actions per allowance. This reflects recurring prosecution activity before allowance and suggests that claim amendments or substantive responses are commonly part of the path to resolution. The profile supports evaluation of a focused chemistry and materials practice with a defined application history and an active, though limited, pending docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 3 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 1 | 75.6% | +23.6% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.1% | +44.3% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.4% | +20.6% |
| LIU, XIAO | 1 | 87.5% | +12.3% |
| SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | 1 | — | — |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.9% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| CAMPBELL, THOR S | 1 | 75.1% | +1.0% |
| PAUDEL, PRADEEP | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17546342 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE | DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS | 59d overdue |
| 18971300 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE THEM | HORGER, KIM S. | 36d overdue |
| 18380570 | 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | HILL, STEPHANI A | 2d overdue |
| 18380572 | 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | WU, JENNY R | 12d |
| 18385720 | ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOY AND ALUMINUM COPPER ALLOY PARTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | ZHENG, LOIS L | 21d |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 22d |
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18951124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE INSPECTIONS | LIU, XIAO | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629413 | REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 42d overdue |
| 18971300 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE THEM | HORGER, KIM S. | 36d overdue |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 22d |
| 19236793 | VALVES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | — |
| 19236790 | MOLDS AND DIES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | YE, XINWEN | — |
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18951124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE INSPECTIONS | LIU, XIAO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1735 | 2 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236793 | VALVES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | Maxterial, Inc. | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19236790 | MOLDS AND DIES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | Maxterial, Inc. | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18971300 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE THEM | Maxterial, Inc. | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18951124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE INSPECTIONS | Mill Mountain Capital, LLC | LIU, XIAO | 2664 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18654353 | LI-POLYMER BATTERY | Shenzhen Oriental Willing New Energy Co., Ltd. | SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | 1727 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18629413 | REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18419975 | PTC WATER HEATER WITH MODULAR FASTENING AND HEATING COMPONENTS | Dongguan Sharing Electronics Co., Ltd. | CAMPBELL, THOR S | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18403074 | LIQUID-AIR SEPARATION ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | Shenzhen Funyin Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd | PAUDEL, PRADEEP | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18542660 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING COATED SURFACES, COATINGS AND ARTICLES USING THEM | Maxterial, Inc. | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2023 |
| 18542663 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS ON EXTERNAL SURFACES, INTERNAL SURFACES OR BOTH | Maxterial, Inc. | LU, HAOTIAN | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2023 |
| 18385720 | ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOY AND ALUMINUM COPPER ALLOY PARTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | ZHENG, LOIS L | 1733 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18380570 | 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18380572 | 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18482785 | SOLID-STATE JOINING OF FEATURES TO CAST PARTS | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18209774 | HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT CONSOLIDATED POROUS CORE LAYERS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 17844406 | ROTATIONAL DEVICES INCLUDING COATED SURFACES | Maxterial, Inc. | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | DP | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
| 17546342 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE | La Pharmatech Inc. | DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS | 1629 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
| 17395891 | ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM ENABLING PRINTING OF LARGE AND COMPLEX PARTS | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §102DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial87.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Rhodes Ip PLC were allowed, across 616 applications in USPTO records.
3.59 office actions per allowed application on average.
20 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 20 examiners in 16 art units.
