Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
46 pending office actions • 5 clients • 31 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP - IP Group handles patent prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, with 8009 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 92.59 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 2.02 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 37 pending office actions.
The 8009 career applications and 92.59 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 2.02 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 37 pending office actions, the firm maintains its presence in Chemistry & Materials. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 + other | 1 (2%) |
| §103 only | 17 (37%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 5 | 21.2% | +37.0% |
| ZIMMER, MARC S | 4 | 79.4% | +16.2% |
| MOORE, MARGARET G | 3 | 68.0% | +15.2% |
| THOMAS, JAISON P | 2 | 82.7% | +17.7% |
| GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 2 | 63.7% | +8.7% |
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 2 | 36.7% | +48.5% |
| KAUCHER, MARK S | 2 | 72.4% | +14.0% |
| WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 2 | 57.1% | +50.0% |
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 2 | 51.2% | +21.7% |
| LE, MINH Q | 1 | 80.6% | +16.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033993 | MULTI-CIRCUIT PROTECTION VALVE UNIT FOR AN AIR PROCESSING UNIT AND AIR PROCESSING UNIT OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | LE, MINH Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287284 | COATING COMPOSITION AND ITS USES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 7d |
| 18568765 | CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 15d |
| 19114412 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ELECTRODE LAYER, MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING ELECTRODE LAYER, USE OF SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 19114415 | ELECTRODE-LAYER-FORMING CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRODE LAYER, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 18722510 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING HOT MELT PROPERTIES, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18704954 | ALKALI-SOLUBLE UV-CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE, UV-CURABLE COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND USE THEREFOR | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | — |
| 18695038 | MOISTURE CURABLE COMPOSITIONS | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | — |
| 18695045 | MOISTURE CURABLE COMPOSITIONS | REDDY, KARUNA 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18023713 | POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE PREPARATION | MOORE, MARGARET G | 67d overdue |
| 18287284 | COATING COMPOSITION AND ITS USES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 7d |
| 18276440 | SILICONE-POLYOLEFIN HYBRID ELASTOMERS | MOORE, MARGARET G | 9d |
| 18568765 | CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 15d |
| 18013880 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREFOR | ZIMMER, MARC S | 16d |
| 19114412 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ELECTRODE LAYER, MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING ELECTRODE LAYER, USE OF SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 19114415 | ELECTRODE-LAYER-FORMING CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRODE LAYER, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 19033993 | MULTI-CIRCUIT PROTECTION VALVE UNIT FOR AN AIR PROCESSING UNIT AND AIR PROCESSING UNIT OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | LE, MINH Q | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| DuPont | 36 |
| Dow | 7 |
| ZF | 1 |
| Dow Inc. | 1 |
| Dorab BHAGWAGAR | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 5 |
| 1765 | 5 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1771 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19114412 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ELECTRODE LAYER, MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING ELECTRODE LAYER, USE OF SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, JAISON P | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19114415 | ELECTRODE-LAYER-FORMING CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRODE LAYER, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, JAISON P | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19033993 | MULTI-CIRCUIT PROTECTION VALVE UNIT FOR AN AIR PROCESSING UNIT AND AIR PROCESSING UNIT OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | ZF Cv Systems Europe BV | LE, MINH Q | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18859516 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF | Dow Silicones Corporation | ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18722510 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING HOT MELT PROPERTIES, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18717467 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A FOAMING REACTION MIXTURE ONTO A LAMINATOR USING A DIVERGING NOZZLE | Dow Global Technologies LLC | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18708228 | SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS | Dow Silicones Corporation | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18704954 | ALKALI-SOLUBLE UV-CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE, UV-CURABLE COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND USE THEREFOR | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 | |
| 18695916 | POLYETHER POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | Dow Global Technologies LLC | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 | |
| 18695912 | POLYETHER POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | Dow Global Technologies LLC | HALL, DEVE V. | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 | |
| 18695038 | MOISTURE CURABLE COMPOSITIONS | Dow Silicones Corporation | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 | |
| 18695045 | MOISTURE CURABLE COMPOSITIONS | Dow Silicones Corporation | REDDY, KARUNA P | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 | |
| 18691861 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, SLIGHTLY-ADHESIVE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE AGENT LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691858 | CURABLE HOT MELT ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM, ETC. COMPRISING SAME | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | RIVERA, JOSHEL | 2891 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691859 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1788 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18687565 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED OBJECT THEREFROM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID CURED OBJECT | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | ZIMMER, MARC S | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 18294234 | THE PREPARATION OF FOAMED SILICONE PRODUCTS | Dow Silicones Corporation | RIOJA, MELISSA A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 | |
| 18580574 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING SYRINGES | Dow Silicones Corporation | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18580563 | SILICONE FOAM COMPOSITION | Dow Silicones Corporation | KRYLOVA, IRINA | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| 18575182 | ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDUCER, LAMINATE COMPRISING CURED FILM THEREOF, USE THEREFOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 | |
| 18573352 | SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR PREPARATION | Dow Silicones Corporation | SERGENT, RABON A | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18283294 | ULTRAVIOLET-RAY-CURABLE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF | Dow Silicones Corporation | KAUCHER, MARK S | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| 18283293 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | KAUCHER, MARK S | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| 18568765 | CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS | Dow Silicones Corporation | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18013882 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREFROM | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | ZIMMER, MARC S | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2023 | |
| 18287284 | COATING COMPOSITION AND ITS USES | Dow Global Technologies LLC | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18287001 | FLUOROSILICONE RELEASE COATING COMPOSITION AND RELEASE LINER | Dow Silicones Corporation | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2023 |
| 18026137 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ACRYLIC PROCESSING AID CONCENTRATE FOR THERMOPLASTIC PROCESSING | Rohm And Haas Company | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18283319 | CURABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT | Dow Silicones Corporation | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18282062 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING FOAM, METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, AND FOAM FORMED THEREFROM | Dow Global Technologies LLC | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18278649 | CURABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT | Dorab Bhagwagar | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18013880 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREFOR | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18276440 | SILICONE-POLYOLEFIN HYBRID ELASTOMERS | Dow Global Technologies LLC | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18268224 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND LAMINATE | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 17, 2023 |
| 18267811 | MONOMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND COSMETIC OR COSMETIC RAW MATERIAL INCLUDING MONOMER COMPOSITION | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | 1699 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18267813 | SEALANT COMPOSITION | Dow Silicones Corporation | FROST, ANTHONY J | 1782 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18267830 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL | Dow Silicones Corporation | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18267192 | METHOD OF PREPARING FILM AND COMPOSITION THEREFOR | Dow Silicones Corporation | MALLOY, ANNA E | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18036048 | TWO-PART CONDENSATION CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS | Dow Silicones Corporation | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18034005 | CURABLE FLUOROSILICONE COMPOSITION | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18034009 | LIQUID SILICONE RESINS | Dow Silicones Corporation | SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18030266 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION AND THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBER | Dow Toray Co., Ltd. | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18023713 | POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE PREPARATION | Dow Silicones Corporation | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17908035 | COATED SPONGES | Dow Silicones Corporation | LEE, SIN J | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
| 17793840 | SILICONE-ACRYLATE POLYMERS, COPOLYMERS, AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS | Dow Global Technologies LLC | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1763 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
| 17788087 | CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, PROTECTIVE AGENT OR ADHESIVE, AND ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Dow Silicones Corporation | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
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