Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
248 pending office actions • 89 clients • 205 examiners • 106 art units • 0 of 248 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (Main) manages 13003 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.04. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.17.
There are 199 pending office actions currently active. The 87.04 resolved allowance rate pct for its 13003 career applications reflects the firm's historical success. An avg office actions per allowance of 3.17 provides a benchmark for the examination cycle in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 75 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. 75 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 | 7 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 17 (7%) |
| §103 only | 84 (34%) |
| §102 only | 4 (2%) |
| §112 only | 7 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 13 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 110 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 5 | 54.6% | +22.6% |
| MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 5 | 29.7% | +32.8% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 5 | 52.6% | +34.0% |
| TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 4 | 49.4% | +26.7% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 3 | 70.2% | +23.9% |
| CHEN, XUXING | 3 | 86.0% | +11.8% |
| STEVENSON, ANDRE C | 3 | 89.5% | +7.2% |
| FORD, NATHAN K | 3 | 32.8% | +35.4% |
| KLUNK, MARGARET D | 3 | 44.0% | +31.5% |
| MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 2 | 48.5% | +23.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083084 | HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | CHEN, XUXING | 50d overdue |
| 18199018 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | 19d |
| 19083837 | METHOD OF USE FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | CHEN, XUXING | — |
| 18228122 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | — |
| 17152592 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRIDE LAYER USING PRETREATMENT, STRUCTURE FORMED USING THE METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | — |
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 |
| 17897047 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND REDUCING FRAUD | NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A | 79d overdue |
| 19214928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VALVE STATUS | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 72d overdue |
| 18405183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING MATCHES VIA GUIS | AUSTIN, JAMIE H | 71d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082933 | METHODS OF USE FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | CHEN, XUXING | 60d overdue |
| 19083084 | HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | CHEN, XUXING | 50d overdue |
| 18644475 | METHODS OF FORMING STRUCTURES INCLUDING SILICON GERMANIUM AND SILICON LAYERS, DEVICES FORMED USING THE METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 9d overdue |
| 17842007 | REACTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A LAYER COMPRISING INDIUM GALLIUM ZINC OXIDE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 21d |
| 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 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 22 |
| 1716 | 10 |
| 1717 | 8 |
| 1712 | 5 |
| 3753 | 5 |
| 2899 | 5 |
| 1759 | 4 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| 2176 | 4 |
| 3736 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19429315 | GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR VENT | Building Healthcare Solutions, LLC | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 1779 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19299148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL DATA INTEGRATION | Efferent LLC | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19155195 | EGG CONTAINER WITH EGG PREHENSION-EASE FEATURES | Cascades Canada Ulc | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 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 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| 19261057 | METHODS OF FILLING GAP ON SUBSTRATE SURFACE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 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 |
| 19242738 | GYROSCOPE ASSISTED HELICOPTER RESCUE LIFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Hornet Acquisitionco, LLC | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Jun 18, 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 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 | |
| 19214928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VALVE STATUS | Hyroad Networks LLC | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19204369 | FARE CLASSES WITH OBSCURED DEMAND OR UNCONSTRAINED DEMAND | American Airlines, Inc. | ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19200826 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING METAL-INSULATOR-METAL AND/OR METAL-FERROELECTRIC-METAL DEVICE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 | |
| 19200574 | CRYOGENIC FREEZER | Mve Biological Solutions US, LLC | KING, BRIAN M | §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 |
| 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 | 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 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 |
| 19083084 | HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | Life365, Inc. | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 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 |
| 19081903 | RACK ASSEMBLY | Perfect Site LLC | BARNETT, DEVIN K | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19079287 | COHERENT DETECTION FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SCATTERED LASER LIGHT IN A BRIGHT INCOHERENT BACKGROUND | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | KO, TONY | §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 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19109782 | AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY CURING A PHOTOCURABLE RESIN | Axtra3D Inc. | LUK, EMMANUEL S | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| 19061762 | Two-Phase Deployment-Initiated Wakeup Mechanism For Body-Mountable Electronic Device | Dexcom, Inc. | STOYNOV, STEFAN | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19051873 | ELECTRODE BODY, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR PROVIDED WITH ELECTRODE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE BODY | Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19050363 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROTATING AN AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY | Carvana, LLC | WU, CHONG | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19036574 | SUBSTARATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH VUV INTENSITY CONTROL | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | ASFAW, MESFIN T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19032589 | SMALL FOOTPRINT MOLTEN METAL PUMP | Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC | PETERS, BRIAN O | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jan 21, 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 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19020883 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY ISOLATION FAULT DIAGNOSIS | Proterra Powered, LLC | NGUYEN, VINH P | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017108 | ARTICLE CARRIER | Cryoport, Inc. | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19012218 | SYSTEM AND A PROCESSING METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING AUDIO EXPERIENCE | Zeica Labs Pte. Ltd. | PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 19011405 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TURBINE | Signal Power Group Operating LLC | KARIM, ZIAUL | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 19009101 | DOLLY FRAME | Perfect Site LLC | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 | |
| 19007858 | GAS MANIFOLD AND ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19000941 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF METAL-CONTAINING MATERIAL | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18990146 | MODULAR EXTRACTION APPARATUS | International Battery Metals, Ltd. | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1777 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18985379 | APPARATUS FOR A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH MULTI-ZONE CONTROL | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | WILSON, LEE D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial87.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (Main) were allowed, across 13,061 applications in USPTO records.
3.16 office actions per allowed application on average.
248 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 89 clients, before 205 examiners in 106 art units.