Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
44 pending office actions • 8 clients • 39 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rimon PC - ABE focuses on Chemistry & Materials with 405 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 91.67 percent. It averages 3.73 office actions per allowance, providing a metric for the typical number of examiner responses required to reach an allowance.
There are 35 pending office actions currently. The 91.67 percent allowance rate reflects the firm's success across its 405 career applications. The 3.73 average office actions per allowance indicates the frequency of examiner communication. This data set offers a precise look at the firm's performance in its specialized technology area.
With 405 career applications, the firm has a focused track record. The 35 pending office actions represent the current active cases. The 91.67 percent allowance rate and 3.73 average office actions per allowance are essential figures for practitioners assessing the firm's prosecution efficiency and success rate.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 (2%) |
| §103 only | 18 (41%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (48%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 3 | 54.3% | +50.0% |
| BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 2 | 85.7% | +3.5% |
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 2 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
| JONES, OLIVIA ANN | 2 | 58.6% | +52.3% |
| GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1 | 63.7% | +8.7% |
| NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1 | 74.6% | +18.7% |
| DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 1 | 40.3% | +45.4% |
| ZENG, LINGWEN R | 1 | 76.6% | +20.3% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17997743 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST THE MIXTURE OF AT LEAST ONE PEROXYDICARBONATE AND AT LEAST ONE PEROXYESTER | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562058 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERED STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME | MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON | 8d overdue |
| 18268293 | A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE | CHEN, NING | 15d |
| 17259662 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERY WITH IMPROVED LIFE CHARACTERISTICS | KENLAW, GRACE A | 16d |
| 18005977 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR MAKING WATERPROOF BREATHABLE ARTICLES | ZIMMER, MARC S | 71d |
| 18879843 | FUEL BORNE CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR OXIDATIVE SOOT REMOVAL | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | — |
| 18873800 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | — |
| 18867873 | COMPOSITION BASED ON (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUNDS | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | — |
| 18845924 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NATURALLY SOURCED WAX | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873800 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | — |
| 18845924 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NATURALLY SOURCED WAX | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | — |
| 18721936 | A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | ZENG, LINGWEN R | — |
| 18718140 | MULTILAYER FILM AND USES THEREOF | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
| 18562316 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | — |
| 18562318 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | — |
| 18502262 | METHOD OF FORMING INTEGRATED COMPOSITE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE CARBON NETWORK | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18280509 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Umicore | 15 |
| Bostik S.A. | 12 |
| Arkema | 10 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 2 |
| SUSTAERA INC. | 2 |
| Umicore Specialty Materials Brugge | 1 |
| Duke University | 1 |
| Research Triangle Institute | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 3 |
| 1735 | 3 |
| 1762 | 2 |
| 1729 | 2 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 1789 | 2 |
| 1765 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18879843 | FUEL BORNE CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR OXIDATIVE SOOT REMOVAL | Umicore Specialty Materials Brugge | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18873800 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | UMICORE | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18867873 | COMPOSITION BASED ON (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUNDS | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18845924 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NATURALLY SOURCED WAX | BOSTIK SA | DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18721936 | A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | UMICORE | ZENG, LINGWEN R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 | |
| 18718140 | MULTILAYER FILM AND USES THEREOF | BOSTIK SA | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 | |
| 18715861 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION WITH STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER | BOSTIK SA | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 | |
| 18711151 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION | BOSTIK SA | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18708676 | MEMBRANE PURIFICATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE | Arkema France | CHU, YONG LIANG | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 | |
| 18703517 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRECURSOR MATERIAL FOR A LI-CONTAINING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | UMICORE | KOPEC, MARK T | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18698068 | HOT-MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION | BOSTIK SA | ZHANG, RUIYUN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 | |
| 18576792 | POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION | BOSTIK SA | MOORE, MARGARET G | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 | |
| 18576224 | COMPOSITION BASED ON (METH)ACRYLATE MONOMERS | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | LEE, RIP A | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 | |
| 18564245 | AZEOTROPIC OR QUASI-AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE AND/OR 1,1,2-TRIFLUOROETHANE | Arkema France | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| 18564355 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE | Arkema France | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18562316 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | UMICORE | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2023 | |
| 18562315 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES | UMICORE | APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2023 | |
| 18562318 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | UMICORE | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2023 | |
| 18562058 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERED STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME | UMICORE | MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON | 2814 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18502262 | METHOD OF FORMING INTEGRATED COMPOSITE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE CARBON NETWORK | Sustaera, Inc. | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18285720 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE AROMATIC PEROXIDE AND AT LEAST ONE KETONE PEROXIDE | Arkema France | TESKIN, FRED M | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18280485 | SEPARATOR COATING FOR LI-ION BATTERIES BASED ON PVDF ACRYLATE LATEX | Arkema France | GUPTA, SARIKA | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18280509 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS | Sustaera, Inc. | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18272217 | 3D-PRINTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | BOSTIK SA | SONG, INJA | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18268293 | A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE | UMICORE | CHEN, NING | 1723 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18268302 | LITHIUM NICKEL-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | UMICORE KOREA LTD. | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18252965 | ADHESIVE TWO-COMPONENT COMPOSITION BASED ON ITACONATE MONOMER | BOSTIK SA | RICE, STEVEN | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18249621 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A SPECIFIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTE | UMICORE | JONES, OLIVIA ANN | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18249606 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES | UMICORE | JONES, OLIVIA ANN | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17997743 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST THE MIXTURE OF AT LEAST ONE PEROXYDICARBONATE AND AT LEAST ONE PEROXYESTER | Arkema France | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18005977 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR MAKING WATERPROOF BREATHABLE ARTICLES | BOSTIK SA | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18005679 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION | BOSTIK SA | STANLEY, JANE L | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 18004492 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER-ASSOCIATED CACHEXIA | Duke University | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17926155 | ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES | Arkema Inc. | OROZCO, MARIA F | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17998933 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC PEROXIDE AND AT LEAST ONE SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPOUND FOR CROSSLINKING POLYMERS IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN | Arkema France | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17998938 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HYDROGEN-BEARING ORGANIC LIQUIDS | Arkema France | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17997857 | ORGANIC PEROXIDE EMULSION WITH ETHANOL | Arkema France | HUHN, RICHARD A | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
| 17904496 | A POWDER FOR USE IN THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF A BATTERY, A METHOD FOR PREPARING SUCH A POWDER AND A BATTERY COMPRISING SUCH A POWDER | UMICORE | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17904309 | A METHOD FOR PREPARING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES | UMICORE | LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2022 |
| 17759654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE CONCENTRATION OF AMINE IN WASH LIQUID USED IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING | Research Triangle Institute | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17778065 | SILYLATED POLYMER-BASED MOISTURE-CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION | BOSTIK SA | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17618048 | HMPSA CROSSLINKABLE UNDER UV IRRADIATION | BOSTIK SA | LISTVOYB, GREGORY | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2021 |
| 17259662 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERY WITH IMPROVED LIFE CHARACTERISTICS | UMICORE KOREA LTD. | KENLAW, GRACE A | 1723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jan 12, 2021 |
| 16500127 | PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM | UMICORE | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2019 |
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