Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SCHERRER PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW P.C. has managed 809 career applications, with a focus on Chemistry & Materials. The firm holds a resolved allowance rate of 83.24 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 2.96 office actions per allowance, which is a standard pace for chemistry and materials matters. This average provides a clear expectation for the duration of the prosecution phase for its clients.
There are 6 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. This small number of active matters is part of its 809 career applications. The 83.24 percent allowance rate shows a reliable ability to navigate the patent office. With 2.96 office actions per allowance, the firm provides a predictable prosecution experience, maintaining a solid success rate across its filings. This profile highlights a firm with a consistent approach to securing patent grants in its core technical fields, offering steady results for its applicants.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHANANI, SHAMS | 1 | 92.4% | +9.4% |
| GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | 1 | 55.8% | +26.1% |
| COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1 | 85.5% | +18.4% |
| SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1 | 66.7% | +11.6% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 1 | 45.0% | +70.0% |
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.5% | +10.4% |
| WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 1 | 60.9% | +38.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18515601 | RHODIOLA CRENULATA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 22d overdue |
| 19118573 | MOBILE ROBOT SUSPENSION SYSTEM | DHANANI, SHAMS | — |
| 18837684 | Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18409973 | GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18515601 | RHODIOLA CRENULATA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 22d overdue |
| 18200915 | Apparatus and Methods for Deployment of Welding Repair Systems for Railroad Trackwork | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 16d overdue |
| 18673726 | GLASS EDGE FOILER APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 71d |
| 18946181 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ULTRAFINE BUBBLES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF IN A METHOD OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS AND OTHER DISSOLVED SOLUTES | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | — |
| 18837684 | Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18409973 | GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18385491 | BOTTLE | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| NutriScience Innovations LLC | 2 |
| Difacto Robotics & Automation Private Ltd. | 1 |
| Hydrosome Ip, LLC | 1 |
| Linermist Limited | 1 |
| Creator'S Stained Glass, Inc. | 1 |
| Diageo Great Britain Limited | 1 |
| Holland | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3614 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19118573 | MOBILE ROBOT SUSPENSION SYSTEM | Difacto Robotics & Automation Private Ltd. | DHANANI, SHAMS | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 18946181 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ULTRAFINE BUBBLES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF IN A METHOD OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS AND OTHER DISSOLVED SOLUTES | Hydrosome Ip, LLC | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| 18837684 | Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof | Linermist Limited | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 | |
| 18673726 | GLASS EDGE FOILER APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | Creator'S Stained Glass, Inc. | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18409973 | GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS | NutriScience Innovations LLC | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18515601 | RHODIOLA CRENULATA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | NutriScience Innovations LLC | CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 1655 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18385491 | BOTTLE | Diageo Great Britain Limited | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18200915 | Apparatus and Methods for Deployment of Welding Repair Systems for Railroad Trackwork | Holland, L.P. | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
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