Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
275 pending office actions • 92 clients • 216 examiners • 139 art units • 0 of 275 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 74 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. 74 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 only | 8 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 17 (6%) |
| §103 only | 99 (36%) |
| §102 only | 6 (2%) |
| §112 only | 10 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 9 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 118 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 7 | 29.9% | +33.1% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 6 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
| TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 5 | 49.4% | +26.4% |
| HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 4 | 54.7% | +22.5% |
| FORD, NATHAN K | 4 | 32.6% | +35.2% |
| REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 4 | 42.3% | +50.5% |
| KLUNK, MARGARET D | 4 | 44.0% | +31.5% |
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 3 | 56.4% | +19.8% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 3 | 70.3% | +23.7% |
| MILLER, MICHAEL G | 3 | 52.3% | +15.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18774382 | PROTECTIVE MATERIAL APPLICATOR DEVICE | EFTA, ALEX B | 147d overdue |
| 18199818 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING PURCHASE AND SALE OF REAL ESTATE | MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | 146d overdue |
| 18581341 | EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND RELATED METHODS | LO, ANDREW S | 132d overdue |
| 18127284 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING ILCS TO TREAT HEALTH CONDITIONS | HAMA, JOANNE | 131d overdue |
| 18014727 | POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE-BASED COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 111d overdue |
| 18568544 | METHOD FOR EFFECTING AN ELECTRONIC OPENING CONTROL | SYED, NABIL H | 74d overdue |
| 18405183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING MATCHES VIA GUIS | AUSTIN, JAMIE H | 71d overdue |
| 19082933 | METHODS OF USE FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | CHEN, XUXING | 60d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17864698 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT UNIT, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 49d overdue |
| 17619579 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AMOUNT OF SOLUBLE BASE CONTENT OF MATERIAL COMPRISING LITHIUM CARBONATE AND STRUCTURE, CATHODE, AND BATTERY FORMED USING THE METHOD | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1d overdue |
| 18179187 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH GAS LINE FOR TRANSPORTING EXCITED SPECIES AND RELATED METHODS | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 26d |
| 18596144 | REACTANT VAPORIZER AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 28d |
| 17990776 | METHOD OF FORMING SIOC AND SIOCN LOW-K SPACERS | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 28d |
| 18787053 | PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, REACTION CHAMBERS INCLUDING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND UTILIZING PROTECTED METALLIC COMPONENTS | SWEELY, KURT D | 33d |
| 17896218 | CVD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CHAMBER OF CVD APPARATUS | KLUNK, MARGARET D | 33d |
| 18234549 | METHOD OF FORMING MATERIAL WITHIN A RECESS | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 33 |
| 1716 | 16 |
| 1717 | 9 |
| 1712 | 7 |
| 3791 | 7 |
| 1759 | 5 |
| 3753 | 5 |
| 1714 | 5 |
| 2899 | 5 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950592 | Untitled | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19537824 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL USING ALKYL THIOSULFONATES | Freeport Minerals Corporation | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19448851 | STANDARD BASE COMPONENTS FOR FORMING INBOARD AND OUTBOARD SUBSTRATE HANDLING CHAMBERS AND THEIR USE IN PRODUCTION OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS WITH EXPANDED PRODUCTION CAPACITY | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | HOLLY, LEE A | 3729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 19401507 | METHOD OF FILLING GAP WITH FLOWABLE CARBON LAYER | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19339082 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | Purelifi Limited | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | 2623 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19164913 | AIRWAY EXCHANGE BRONCHOSCOPE CONSTRUCTION | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | REMALY, MARK DONALD | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19313558 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR FORMING SUPER-LATTICE STRUCTURES USING SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS | Asm Ip Holding B. V. | ZERVIGON, RUDY | 1716 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19299148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL DATA INTEGRATION | Efferent LLC | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19284207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING METAL CARBIDE ON A SUBSTRATE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19283552 | METHOD OF FORMING LOW-K MATERIAL LAYER, STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE LAYER, AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING SAME | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19251984 | METHODS FOR FORMING A DOPED HIGH-K LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19234603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A SILICON OXYCARBIDE LAYER AND STRUCTURE FORMED USING SAME | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19216516 | CAMERA LENS SYSTEM FILTER | Panavision International, L.P. | PHAM, QUAN L | 2637 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19212524 | DUAL PHASE ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS | Gurunanda, LLC | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19204369 | FARE CLASSES WITH OBSCURED DEMAND OR UNCONSTRAINED DEMAND | American Airlines, Inc. | ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19199769 | Methods for Depositing Gap-Filling Fluids and Related Systems and Devices | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19200574 | CRYOGENIC FREEZER | Mve Biological Solutions US, LLC | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19194543 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19180592 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19179969 | DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF APPLYING A TREATMENT SOLUTION TO A TREATMENT SITE | Octet Medical, Inc. | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19176579 | PORTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF OPERATION | Globalmedia Group, LLC | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 2483 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19175324 | METHOD OF FORMING A STRUCTURE INCLUDING CARBON MATERIAL, STRUCTURE FORMED USING THE METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING THE STRUCTURE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19096334 | FIREARM HOLSTER | Mission First Tactical, LLC | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19114180 | BATTERY CAPACITY CHECK METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AIRWORTHINESS DETERMINATION | Electric Power Systems, Inc. | NING, PETER Y | 3661 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19084915 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19084593 | HARDENED REUSABLE SHIPPER | Cryoport, Inc. | THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | 3736 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19083837 | METHOD OF USE FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | Life365, Inc. | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19082933 | METHODS OF USE FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | Life365, Inc. | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19083084 | HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | Life365, Inc. | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19079287 | COHERENT DETECTION FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SCATTERED LASER LIGHT IN A BRIGHT INCOHERENT BACKGROUND | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | KO, TONY | 2878 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19078015 | ARTICLE CARRIER | Cryoport, Inc. | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19076900 | CAMERA OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING TACTILE INDICATOR | Panavision International, L.P. | RHODES, JR, LEON W | 2852 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075175 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING SILICON NITRIDE THIN FILM IN TRENCH OF SUBSTRATE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | LOUIE, MANDY C | 1718 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109800 | AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY CURING A PHOTOCURABLE RESIN | Axtra3D Inc. | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19109782 | AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY CURING A PHOTOCURABLE RESIN | Axtra3D Inc. | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19108093 | A METHOD FOR COATING A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTROLYSER | Oort Energy Ltd. | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19065143 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PULSE OF A PRECURSOR | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19063170 | BATTERY ASSESSMENT TOOL | Smartville, Inc. | ALIZADA, OMEED | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19061762 | Two-Phase Deployment-Initiated Wakeup Mechanism For Body-Mountable Electronic Device | Dexcom, Inc. | STOYNOV, STEFAN | 2175 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19060166 | COMPACT AIRCRAFT RESCUE HOIST WITH SINGLE BENDING CABLE WRAPPING | Hornet Acquisitionco, LLC | RODDEN, JOSHUA E | 3642 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19053256 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR A VEHICLE EMERGENCY MESSAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. | LEE, SIU M | 2632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19051873 | ELECTRODE BODY, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR PROVIDED WITH ELECTRODE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE BODY | Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 2848 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19050363 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROTATING AN AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY | Carvana, LLC | WU, CHONG | 2613 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19042619 | SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND THE MANUFACTURED SUSCEPTOR USING THE SAME | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 2875 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19099177 | SECURE HARDWARE CRYPTOWALLETS FOR SMARTPHONES | Thirdwayv, Inc. | WANG, HARRY Z | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19036574 | SUBSTARATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH VUV INTENSITY CONTROL | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032149 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PRECURSOR RECYCLING | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L | 1716 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19030350 | HOUSING CONSTRUCTION FOR SNAP-IN RETENTION | Dexcom, Inc. | HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL | 2841 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026213 | BOX-IN-A-BOX SHIPPER | Cryoport, Inc. | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19017108 | ARTICLE CARRIER | Cryoport, Inc. | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial87.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Snell & Wilmer (Asm Ip Holding B.V.) were allowed, across 13,172 applications in USPTO records.
3.16 office actions per allowed application on average.
275 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 92 clients, before 216 examiners in 139 art units.
