Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
37 pending office actions • 4 clients • 36 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Walters & Wasylyna (Boeing) focuses on Chemistry & Materials, with 657 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.82. This rate demonstrates its results in securing patent grants in the Chemistry & Materials sector. Practitioners can use the 657 career applications to evaluate the firm's historical outcomes. These metrics offer a basis for setting expectations for future filings in this technical field. The 89.82 resolved allowance rate pct provides a measure of success for applications managed by the firm.
The firm has 30 pending office actions. Its avg office actions per allowance is 3.95. This 3.95 avg office actions per allowance reflects the number of examiner interactions typically required to reach an allowance. With 30 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage its active cases. The 3.95 avg office actions per allowance helps practitioners estimate the resources needed for the examination phase. The 89.82 resolved allowance rate pct and the 30 pending office actions provide a view of the firm's performance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (5%) |
| §103 only | 13 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (51%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORES JR, DONALD M | 2 | 76.9% | +27.3% |
| GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1 | 72.2% | +18.6% |
| LUU, THANH X | 1 | 78.2% | +10.2% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.5% | +49.6% |
| MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1 | 68.0% | +13.6% |
| NGUON, VIRAK | 1 | 83.6% | +19.0% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1 | 76.2% | +14.8% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.5% |
| MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 1 | 59.5% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 3d overdue |
| 18450600 | MASKING TOOLS AND METHODS | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 15d |
| 19184254 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE PART TO PROVIDE SMOOTH JOIN SURFACES OF THE COMPOSITE PART | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 19068166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HOLE | LUU, THANH X | — |
| 19061154 | TWIST-LOCK FASTENERS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| 19027851 | PORTABLE FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING EXPANDABLE TOOLING | NGUON, VIRAK | — |
| 18884316 | BLIND FASTENERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING BLIND FASTENERS | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18809566 | LINE MANAGEMENT DEVICES, CABLE MANAGEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GUIDING LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY LINES | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19184254 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE PART TO PROVIDE SMOOTH JOIN SURFACES OF THE COMPOSITE PART | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 19068166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HOLE | LUU, THANH X | — |
| 19061154 | TWIST-LOCK FASTENERS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| 19059630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING A HEAT SINK FOR INDUCTION WELDING | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 19027851 | PORTABLE FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING EXPANDABLE TOOLING | NGUON, VIRAK | — |
| 19027428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS USING EXPANDABLE TOOLING | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| 18892757 | CERAMIC COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | — |
| 18884316 | BLIND FASTENERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING BLIND FASTENERS | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY | 34 |
| Strata Manufacturing Pjsc | 1 |
| NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 1 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 3 |
| 3723 | 3 |
| 1781 | 2 |
| 1774 | 2 |
| 1745 | 2 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19184254 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE PART TO PROVIDE SMOOTH JOIN SURFACES OF THE COMPOSITE PART | The Boeing Company | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| 19068166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HOLE | The Boeing Company | LUU, THANH X | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19061154 | TWIST-LOCK FASTENERS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | The Boeing Company | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19059630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING A HEAT SINK FOR INDUCTION WELDING | The Boeing Company | MCNALLY, DANIEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19027851 | PORTABLE FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING EXPANDABLE TOOLING | The Boeing Company | NGUON, VIRAK | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS USING EXPANDABLE TOOLING | The Boeing Company | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18892757 | CERAMIC COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | The Boeing Company | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18884316 | BLIND FASTENERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING BLIND FASTENERS | The Boeing Company | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18809566 | LINE MANAGEMENT DEVICES, CABLE MANAGEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GUIDING LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY LINES | The Boeing Company | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 3631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18804418 | THERMALLY PROTECTED POLYMER COMPOSITES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | The Boeing Company | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18786871 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURFACE FINISHING | The Boeing Company | LU, HUA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 | |
| 18773427 | TORQUE MULTIPLIER WRENCH | The Boeing Company | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18734174 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR TESTING CRYOGENIC COUPLINGS | The Boeing Company | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18655761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES | The Boeing Company | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18634190 | WIRE CARRIERS, END EFFECTORS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING WIRES | The Boeing Company | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18615357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DAMPING MACHINE-INDUCED VIBRATIONS IN A WORKPIECE | The Boeing Company | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18609988 | WORKFLOW ENGINE FOR PREDICTIVE ASSEMBLY | The Boeing Company | CHOY, PAN G | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18606712 | CORE BOLTS, FASTENER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING MULTIPLE SUBSTRATES OF WORKPIECES HAVING WORKING AND BLIND SIDES | The Boeing Company | WONG, JOCK M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18606032 | FASTENERS, FASTENING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES AND METHODS | The Boeing Company | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18601766 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LARGE AREA WIRELESS FUSELAGE DENT INSPECTION | The Boeing Company | KOROMA, SORIE IBRAHIM | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18441173 | Core Material Design For A Composite Construction | The Boeing Company | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 1784 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18542968 | FASTENING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES AND METHODS | The Boeing Company | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18469033 | METHODS, MIXED RESIN RETENTION ASSEMBLIES, VALVE ASSEMBLIES, AND SYSTEMS FOR INLINE RESIN MIXING | The Boeing Company | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | 1774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18460830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING VISCOUS MATERIAL TO FASTENERS | Strata Manufacturing Pjsc | PENCE, JETHRO M | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18450600 | MASKING TOOLS AND METHODS | The Boeing Company | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18446615 | WROUGHT METALLIC ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME FROM A METALLIC-POWDER COMPOSITION | The Boeing Company | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18333710 | METHODS FOR HARDENING SELECT PORTIONS OF METAL ARTICLES, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, AND METAL ARTICLES | The Boeing Company | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18315082 | METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF FASTENED STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | The Boeing Company | MAPAR, BIJAN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 | |
| 18310079 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED STRINGER COMPACTION AND FORMING | The Boeing Company | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18305538 | PIPE SEGMENTS, NOZZLES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMOSET MANUFACTURING | The Boeing Company | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18247917 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURED MULTI-LEVEL INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | Ningbo Institute Of Materials Technology And Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 18194904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE ASSEMBLY | The Boeing Company | MARKS, AARIC R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 | |
| 18189423 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION OF THERMOPLASTIC PANELS | The Boeing Company | TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18181657 | COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD | The Boeing Company | SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR | 1745 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18068103 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF A WORKPIECE | The Boeing Company | WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID | 3654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 17812240 | FIRE SEALS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS | The Boeing Company | BARRERA, JUAN C | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17331091 | ENHANCED INTENSITY CAVITATION NOZZLES | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2021 |
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