Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
17 pending office actions • 7 clients • 16 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 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. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 12 (71%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 2 | 33.4% | +25.1% |
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.4% | +19.7% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.3% | +10.5% |
| MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 1 | 57.4% | +52.5% |
| BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 1 | 81.0% | +14.1% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.1% | +17.0% |
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.7% | +13.2% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 1 | 29.4% | +43.9% |
| WU, JENNY R | 1 | 63.2% | +16.5% |
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1 | 57.5% | +25.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428541 | LATCHING MECHANISM FOR TRUCK BED COVER | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 41d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18380570 | 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | HILL, STEPHANI A | 2d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18542662 | MOVEABLE COMPONENTS WITH SURFACE COATINGS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 45d overdue |
| 18971300 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE THEM | HORGER, KIM S. | 36d overdue |
| 18134241 | LEAD-FREE FLEXIBLE RADIATION-PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PROTECTIVE ARTICLES | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 24d overdue |
| 18622180 | ASSEMBLY-TYPE FENCE | MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 18d overdue |
| 18380570 | 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | HILL, STEPHANI A | 2d overdue |
| 18134243 | LEAD-CONTAINING FLEXIBLE RADIATION-PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PROTECTIVE ARTICLES | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 7d |
| 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 |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| MAXTERIAL, INC. | 5 |
| MELD MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | 5 |
| Hanwha | 2 |
| BURLINGTON MEDICAL, LLC | 2 |
| Dongguan Kedaxia Technology CO., Ltd. | 1 |
| Cixi City Liyuan Auto Parts | 1 |
| LA PharmaTech | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 3 |
| 1733 | 3 |
| 1735 | 2 |
| 1789 | 2 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18971300 | ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE THEM | Maxterial, Inc. | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18622180 | ASSEMBLY-TYPE FENCE | Dongguan Kedaxia Technology Co., Ltd. | MCMAHON, MATTHEW R | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18428541 | LATCHING MECHANISM FOR TRUCK BED COVER | Cixi City Liyuan Auto Parts Co., Ltd. | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3676 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18542662 | MOVEABLE COMPONENTS WITH SURFACE COATINGS | Maxterial, Inc. | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | 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 | Other | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18380570 | 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | Other | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18380572 | 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18380565 | 7075-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18134243 | LEAD-CONTAINING FLEXIBLE RADIATION-PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PROTECTIVE ARTICLES | Burlington Medical, LLC | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18134241 | LEAD-FREE FLEXIBLE RADIATION-PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PROTECTIVE ARTICLES | Burlington Medical, LLC | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 17844480 | SHOCK ABSORBERS INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | Maxterial, Inc. | LANE, NICHOLAS J | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 142d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
| 17844406 | ROTATIONAL DEVICES INCLUDING COATED SURFACES | Maxterial, Inc. | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
| 17844542 | RODS AND PIPES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS | Maxterial, Inc. | SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID | 1735 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 42d 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 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
| 17325831 | HYBRID SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, MATERIALS USED AND PARTS FABRICATED WITH THE HYBRID PROCESSES | Meld Manufacturing Corporation | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | May 20, 2021 |
| 15918518 | MULTI-LAYER ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC SURFACE LAYER AND A CORE LAYER | Hanwha Azdel, Inc. | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | 293d overdue | Pending | Mar 12, 2018 |
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