Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2,674 pending office actions • 497 clients • 2096 examiners • 481 art units • 120 of 2,674 (4%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
SUGHRUE MION, PLLC has 2655 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 138870 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.94%, indicating that allowance was reached in most resolved matters across a very large prosecution record.
The firm averages 3.37 office actions per allowance. This demonstrates that favorable outcomes commonly follow sustained examination activity. The pending docket is also substantial, so current capacity and response coordination are relevant considerations for clients. The scale of the application base gives the allowance rate and action average broad historical context, while the open-action figure describes present workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 573 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. 573 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 | 59 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 270 (10%) |
| §103 only | 1,007 (38%) |
| §102 only | 167 (6%) |
| §112 only | 99 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 25 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 85 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 951 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 11 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAGER, JAMES C | 12 | 40.8% | +26.6% |
| HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 10 | 84.8% | +6.7% |
| SASTRI, SATYA B | 8 | 62.6% | +29.4% |
| GORDEN, RAEANN | 8 | 83.0% | -5.1% |
| COLLINS, JASON M | 6 | 75.0% | +12.9% |
| DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 6 | 27.3% | +54.2% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 6 | 54.1% | +75.7% |
| DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 6 | 46.8% | +29.2% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 5 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
| YANG, JIE | 5 | 62.5% | +19.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17646317 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A ROTARY WHEEL MADE OF A NON-MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND A BEARING PROVIDED WITH A CONE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 36d overdue |
| 18764867 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR GOLF BALL, AND GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 17d overdue |
| 18769978 | CONSTITUENT MEMBER OF GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 2d overdue |
| 18977019 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18966441 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18947408 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18945971 | GOLF BALL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18918580 | WATCH MAGNETIC DETECTOR | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17070572 | MICRONEEDLE FOR INHIBITING DEFORMATION AND DEGENERATION IN MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | LIU, TRACY | 196d overdue |
| 17685453 | Microorganism Discrimination Method and System | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 191d overdue |
| 18141086 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTRATION AS OPHTHALMIC DROP TO PATIENT REQUIRING OPTIC NERVE PROTECTION | RICCI, CRAIG D | 190d overdue |
| 19051680 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | HERMANN, KIRK W | 160d overdue |
| 18093086 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING HUMAN BODY IMPEDANCE | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 156d overdue |
| 18817860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | NGUYEN, HIEP VAN | 149d overdue |
| 18284953 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECOMMENDING PAYMENT MEANS | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 147d overdue |
| 16863187 | EQUOL-CONTAINING EXTRACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF EQUOL, AND EQUOL-CONTAINING FOOD | LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI | 142d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18533556 | CLEANING COMPOSITION, CLEANING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 50d overdue |
| 18452849 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER | YAGER, JAMES C | 32d overdue |
| 18449927 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER | YAGER, JAMES C | 32d overdue |
| 17466211 | CLEANING LIQUID | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 24d overdue |
| 18035652 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REDUCED TOBACCO SMELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 16d overdue |
| 17275127 | CIGARETTE FILTER CONTAINING NATURAL PLANT MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND CIGARETTE INCLUDING THE FILTER | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 10d overdue |
| 18449990 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER | YAGER, JAMES C | 8d overdue |
| 18450012 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER | YAGER, JAMES C | 5d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 39 |
| 1737 | 32 |
| 1755 | 31 |
| 1764 | 30 |
| 2893 | 30 |
| 1747 | 28 |
| 3761 | 27 |
| 2841 | 26 |
| 3791 | 26 |
| 2872 | 24 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307765 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE | 2626 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19323496 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BOCAR, DONNA V | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19268291 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | DONDERO, WILLIAM E | 3993 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19371756 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19013512 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FEREJA, SAMUEL D | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19542024 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING PLURALITY OF WINDOWS OF VIRTUAL SCREEN IN VIRTUAL REALITY SPACE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | AU, SCOTT D | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2026 |
| 19535503 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2026 |
| 19531100 | DISPLAY APPARATUS DISPLAYING VIRTUAL INDICATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | 2623 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Feb 05, 2026 |
| 19459711 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING USER INPUT BY USING ONE OR MORE SENSORS, AND METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 19455129 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | OSORIO, RICARDO | 2625 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2026 |
| 19450236 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SHAH, PRIYANK J | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2026 |
| 19442066 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2026 |
| 19442331 | DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | FIGUEROA-GIBSON, GLORYVID | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2026 |
| 19439655 | DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE RELIEF | Eitan Medical Ltd. | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19439964 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SHAH, SUJIT | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19438177 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FRANK, EMILY J | 2629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2025 |
| 19435040 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | AMADIZ, RODNEY | 2622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19412288 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CHANGING DISPLAY MODE OF DISPLAY | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | PARK, SANGHYUK | 2623 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19410789 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | TUNG, DAVID | 2622 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19406111 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL OBJECT THROUGH MIRROR DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ABDIN, SHAHEDA A | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 19489302 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE | Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | STANEK, KELSEY L | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 19404261 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 19397331 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 2621 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19485854 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 3746 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19391120 | ROBOT DRIVING IN SPACE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19484608 | TIRE FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD AND TIRE FAILURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS | Bridgestone Corporation | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 3664 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19390247 | DISPLAY MODULE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TAYLOR JR, DUANE N | 2626 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19388414 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING EYE-TRACKING SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | 2623 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19388296 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN MODULE, COOLING DEVICE, AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | DAVIS, JASON GREGORY | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19388513 | DISPLAY MODULE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SCAN GROUPS, MODULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ALMEIDA, CORY A | 2628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19482808 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A HEARING AID AND A HEARING AID REPAIR SYSTEM | Ws Audiology A/S | ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19482098 | RISK EVALUATION APPARATUS, RISK EVALUATION METHOD, AND RISK EVALUATION SYSTEM | Bridgestone Corporation | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19481602 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19379173 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19481388 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | INGE, JOSEPH N | 2836 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19481285 | PUMP FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT | Aptar France SAS | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 3746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19375993 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE MAGNIFICATION IN THREE DIMENSIONAL RENDERING SYSTEMS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | WOOD, WILLIAM H | 3992 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | AI Ready | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19370092 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BRITTINGHAM, NATHANIEL P | 2629 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19357470 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF RECOMMENDED RESPONSE MESSAGES | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE | 3992 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19354952 | PROPOSAL GENERATION DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, PROPOSAL GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology | ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | 3629 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19352834 | VEHICLE | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | PATEL, SHARDUL D | 3664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19350624 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PANEL FOR CONTROL OF APPLICATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | COHEN, YARON | 2626 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19346751 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd. | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19343707 | METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT ACROSS LAYERS | Tencent America LLC | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | 2483 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19343358 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, JENNIFER T | 2629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19469528 | MOTOR UNIT | Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19338145 | VIDEO LIVESTREAMING-BASED INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Lmited | FAN, HUA | 2426 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19337352 | ROBOT APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19335594 | DRIVE DEVICE | Aisin Corporation | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19335247 | INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | WOO, ISAAC M | 2163 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial84.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sughrue Mion, PLLC were allowed, across 138,870 applications in USPTO records.
3.37 office actions per allowed application on average.
2,674 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 497 clients, before 2096 examiners in 481 art units.
