Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 14 clients • 17 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SCHWARTZ PLLC handles patent prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, with 1068 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 88.95 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 2.82 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 12 pending office actions.
The 1068 career applications and 88.95 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 2.82 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 12 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. 6 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. 6 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 | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 3 (18%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (53%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | 1 | 84.2% | +2.4% |
| MAI, HAO D | 1 | 49.3% | +39.3% |
| GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J | 1 | 82.9% | +14.3% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| MAZUMDER, TAPAS | 1 | 82.1% | +16.8% |
| ZAKARIA, AKM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.1% |
| RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 1 | 88.7% | +7.6% |
| PETERS, BRIAN O | 1 | 72.9% | +16.1% |
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.1% | +34.1% |
| CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19207252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BLOCK CHAIN-BASED MULTIFACTOR PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION | GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18362307 | Method and Apparatus for Firearm Storage | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 45d overdue |
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | ZAKARIA, AKM | 13d |
| 17919438 | Calcium and/or Magnesium Additive for Membrane and Fouling Control and System and Process for Membrane Fouling Control Using the Additive | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 42d |
| 19310474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMMUTABLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA STORAGE | ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | — |
| 19210906 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF TAILORABLE MEDICAMENT TO THE GINGIVAL CREVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | MAI, HAO D | — |
| 18990686 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL PATHWAYS CREATION/REINFORCEMENT BY NEURAL DETECTION WITH VIRTUAL FEEDBACK | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
| 18887742 | Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | — |
| 18438378 | Interactive Sports Training System | PETERS, BRIAN O | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | ZAKARIA, AKM | 13d |
| 19210906 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF TAILORABLE MEDICAMENT TO THE GINGIVAL CREVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | MAI, HAO D | — |
| 19207252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BLOCK CHAIN-BASED MULTIFACTOR PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION | GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18887742 | Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | — |
| 18438378 | Interactive Sports Training System | PETERS, BRIAN O | — |
| 18558315 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING LIME OR DOLIME | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2615 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMMUTABLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA STORAGE | Technologies Ip, LLC | ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| 19210906 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF TAILORABLE MEDICAMENT TO THE GINGIVAL CREVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | Texas Tech University System | MAI, HAO D | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19207252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BLOCK CHAIN-BASED MULTIFACTOR PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION | Black Gold Coin, Inc. | GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 | |
| 18990686 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL PATHWAYS CREATION/REINFORCEMENT BY NEURAL DETECTION WITH VIRTUAL FEEDBACK | Neuromersive, Inc. | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18887742 | Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space | Worlds Enterprises, Inc. | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | 2615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | Garrett Electronics, Inc. | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18745770 | Methods and Systems for Managing the Reconfiguration of Metal Detectors | Garrett Electronics, Inc. | RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 2858 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18438378 | Interactive Sports Training System | Gambit Training Technologies, LLC | PETERS, BRIAN O | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18558315 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING LIME OR DOLIME | S.A. Lhoist Recherche Et Developpement | BERNS, DANIEL J | 1736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18551964 | LASER NOTCHING APPARATUS | Youilet Co., Ltd. | CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 | |
| 18463129 | PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROL UNITS | Textron Innovations, Inc. | BUI, DUNG H | 1773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18362307 | Method and Apparatus for Firearm Storage | Granite Security Products, Inc. | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18076797 | Reversible Clearance Indicator Assembly and Method of Use | Chandler Signs, LLC | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 204d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17775518 | System and Method of Electronic Health Record Data Qualification | Synerio Technologies, Inc. | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 2154 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
| 17919438 | Calcium and/or Magnesium Additive for Membrane and Fouling Control and System and Process for Membrane Fouling Control Using the Additive | S. A. Lhoist Recherche Et Developpement | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17812752 | COMPACT BATTERY MODULE UTILIZING DUAL-SIDED PCB BUS | Textron Innovations Inc. | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
| 16906946 | Electronic Healthcare Record Data Blockchain System | Technologies Ip, LLC | RAZA, ZEHRA | 3697 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2020 |
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