Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
687 pending office actions • 113 clients • 517 examiners • 211 art units • 0 of 687 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
WHDA, LLP works in Chemistry & Materials and reports 34926 career applications. Its profile includes 686 pending office actions, indicating a large active examination workload alongside extensive application activity. The resolved allowance rate is 86.51%, showing that allowance was recorded for a substantial share of resolved applications.
Allowances average 3.24 office actions. This indicates that the reported outcomes commonly follow multiple examination events rather than a single-action path. For practitioners, the application figure provides scale, the pending figure describes current docket pressure, and the allowance rate describes resolved outcomes. The action average should be reviewed separately because it addresses prosecution effort, not the likelihood of allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 157 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. 157 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 53 (8%) |
| §103 only | 299 (44%) |
| §102 only | 38 (6%) |
| §112 only | 23 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (0%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 19 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 241 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, JOHN S Y | 6 | 76.8% | +5.4% |
| ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | 6 | 69.0% | +6.5% |
| KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI | 6 | 71.4% | +6.3% |
| GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | 6 | 61.3% | +45.6% |
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 5 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
| HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 5 | 62.5% | +24.3% |
| GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 5 | 66.7% | +34.5% |
| WALKE, AMANDA C | 5 | 88.5% | +8.6% |
| STULII, VERA | 5 | 32.7% | +24.9% |
| ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 5 | 56.4% | +34.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18229863 | ONIUM SALT, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS | WALKE, AMANDA C | 5d |
| 18383101 | AMINE COMPOUND, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS | WALKE, AMANDA C | — |
| 18380970 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | WALKE, AMANDA C | — |
| 18370555 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | WALKE, AMANDA C | — |
| 18367157 | ONIUM SALT TYPE MONOMER, POLYMER, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | WALKE, AMANDA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17634377 | SHOE INSOLE AND SHOE WITH INSOLE STRUCTURE | HOANG, GIAO QT | 330d overdue |
| 18278301 | OPERATING CONDITION DECISION DEVICE, OPERATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATING CONDITION DECISION METHOD FOR ROTATING MACHINE | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 112d overdue |
| 18287123 | BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LAM, ELIZA ANNE | 111d overdue |
| 18266124 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 26d overdue |
| 18011444 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 23d overdue |
| 18274575 | ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLE, ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 10d overdue |
| 17943903 | SERVER, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 10d overdue |
| 17786820 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 4d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17919828 | BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE | STULII, VERA | 147d overdue |
| 18129166 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PREPARATION METHOD OF NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 15d overdue |
| 17786820 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 4d overdue |
| 18277190 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 9d |
| 17766043 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INORGANIC MATERIAL | HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 12d |
| 18270096 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINING FRUIT JUICE | STULII, VERA | 14d |
| 17709010 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 16d |
| 18028929 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 31 |
| 1723 | 29 |
| 1751 | 28 |
| 1727 | 23 |
| 1728 | 23 |
| 1737 | 20 |
| 1729 | 18 |
| 1791 | 17 |
| 1722 | 16 |
| 1721 | 15 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18465483 | Untitled | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | PYO, MONICA M | 2161 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19489339 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | OKEBATO, SAHLU | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 19480092 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19479418 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19477563 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 2627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19476273 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, TASK SCHEDULING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | 2164 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19475484 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | AU, SCOTT D | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19472237 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd. | SINGH, DAPINDER | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19168879 | PACKAGING APPARATUS | Takazono Corporation | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19338159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING MOVEMENT OF PERSON, AND MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19338098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE BODY, AND MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | CULLEN, TANNER L | 3656 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19165267 | TOUCH SENSOR | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19154448 | STEAM TURBINE EXHAUST CHAMBER, AND STEAM TURBINE | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19283594 | PARKING LOCK CLUTCH | Tsubakimoto Chain Co. | OLSZEWSKI, JOHN | 3617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19277975 | MEASURE EVALUATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MEASURE EVALUATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE | Fujitsu Limited | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19250219 | DISPLAY PANEL | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | REED, STEPHEN T | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19247703 | SAFETY SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | Thinkware Corporation | FOXX, CHICO A | 2685 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19247203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATEDLY MANAGING VEHICLE OPERATION STATE | Thinkware Corporation | PAIGE, TYLER D | 3664 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19142439 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19140596 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | PERVIN, FARHANA | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19240564 | ENGINE-MOUNTED AUTONOMOUS FLYING DEVICE | Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd. | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19137499 | DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION METHOD, DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION DEVICE, AND DROPLET INSPECTION SYSTEM | Musashi Engineering, Inc. | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19230617 | PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROCESSOR | Fujitsu Limited | MEHTA, JYOTI | 2183 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19128257 | THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND GENERATION DEVICE, AND HANDPIECE FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT INCLUDING SAME | Classys Inc. | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19127503 | FILTER GROUP AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE | Fujikura Ltd. | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 2843 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19123935 | STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND STATE DETECTION SYSTEM | Yokogawa Electric Corporation | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19123471 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Suntory Holdings Limited | COVINGTON, AMANDA R | 3686 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19123460 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Suntory Holdings Limited | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | 3622 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19122826 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Suntory Holdings Limited | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19120383 | ELECTROCHROMIC SHEET AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE | Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. | RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19119969 | FLUORIDE PARTICLES DISPERSION | Stella Chemifa Corporation | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19173322 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE SPINAL FUSION CAGE | Gook Jin Kang | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19116003 | STREAMING APPARATUS, STREAMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Suntory Holdings Limited | FAN, HUA | 2426 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19091111 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE MEMBRANE | Airmembrane Corporation | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19085413 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | Toyo Tire Corporation | DYE, ROBERT C | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19112316 | RESIN FILM AND AGRICULTURAL COVERING MATERIAL USING THE SAME | Fuso Chemical Co., Ltd. | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19081062 | GUSSETED POUCH | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19079668 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | Yokogawa Electric Corporation | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19111405 | POLYGONAL WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE | Nippon Plarad Co. | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3753 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19078520 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Yokogawa Electric Corporation | MAUPIN, HUGH H | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19110897 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19077746 | MOTION SICKNESS SUPPRESSION DEVICE, MOTION SICKNESS SUPPRESSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19109803 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING ORIENTATION STATE OF FILLER IN RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT | Polyplastics Co., Ltd. | FUJITA, KATRINA R | 2672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19109696 | CONDUCTIVE FILM | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19108496 | STOOL COLLECTION SYSTEM | Iida Sangyo Co., Ltd. | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19069391 | VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT, IMAGE SENSOR, SCOPE, AND VOLTAGE GENERATION METHOD | Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | BHATIA, AMIT R | 2836 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19069657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC SIMULATION | Fujitsu Limited | LANG, MICHAEL DEAN | 3667 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19107266 | LEARNING DEVICE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19106878 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | MUNOZ, DANIEL | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19057253 | OPTICAL PULSE TESTER AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial86.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Whda, LLP were allowed, across 34,926 applications in USPTO records.
3.24 office actions per allowed application on average.
687 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 113 clients, before 517 examiners in 211 art units.
