Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Williams Mullen focuses its patent practice on Chemistry & Materials, where it has overseen 1070 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 82.27 percent, indicating a reliable track record of securing patent rights in these technical fields. Currently, the firm is managing 9 pending office actions, suggesting a manageable current workload relative to its historical volume. The firm averages 2.93 office actions per allowance, which points to a balanced prosecution approach.
This figure of 2.93 suggests that while some negotiation with examiners is necessary, the firm typically reaches an allowance without excessive delays. For practitioners, the 82.27 percent allowance rate in Chemistry & Materials provides a clear indicator of the firm's effectiveness in translating technical innovations into protected intellectual property. With 1070 career applications, the firm has built a substantial foundation of experience in the chemical arts. The current status of 9 pending office actions allows the firm to maintain high standards of service while continuing to leverage its average of 2.93 office actions per allowance to achieve successful outcomes for its clients.
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 + other | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCIA, CARLOS E | 1 | 76.9% | +16.4% |
| LEE, CHUN KUAN | 1 | 68.4% | +3.7% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1 | 87.7% | +10.8% |
| ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 1 | 61.1% | +91.7% |
| PATEL, BRIJESH V | 1 | 64.7% | +40.6% |
| ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | 1 | 69.4% | +15.7% |
| CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1 | 45.8% | +7.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945185 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697038 | PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST STEM RUST AND METHODS OF USE | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 79d overdue |
| 18016051 | PRODUCTS FOR ORAL CONSUMPTION WITH REDUCED SUGAR CONTENT | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 26d |
| 18607667 | ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 62d |
| 19039482 | REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18874500 | PALM-BASED SHORTENING SUBSTITUTE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18701328 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION | ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | — |
| 17554095 | WHEAT STEM RUST RESISTANCE GENES AND METHODS OF USE | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697038 | PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST STEM RUST AND METHODS OF USE | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 79d overdue |
| 18607667 | ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 62d |
| 19089323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICE | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — |
| 19039482 | REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18874500 | PALM-BASED SHORTENING SUBSTITUTE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18945185 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
| 18215941 | PRELITHIATED ANODES USING PRINTABLE LITHIUM COMPOSITIONS | ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19089323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICE | Davinci Lock LLC | GARCIA, CARLOS E | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19085809 | COMPUTING SYSTEM VARIABLE LENGTH BUS | Icat, LLC D/B/A Turing Micro | LEE, CHUN KUAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 | |
| 19039482 | REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR | Safewaze LLC | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 4100 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18874500 | PALM-BASED SHORTENING SUBSTITUTE | Queen Margaret University | TRAN, LIEN THUY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 | |
| 18945185 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS | Arca Technologies S.r.l. | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18701328 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION | Advancecor GmbH | ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 | |
| 18697038 | PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST STEM RUST AND METHODS OF USE | The Sainsbury Laboratory | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 1663 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18607667 | ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS | Seawise Innovative Packing Ltd. | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18215941 | PRELITHIATED ANODES USING PRINTABLE LITHIUM COMPOSITIONS | Livent Usa Corp. | ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | 1723 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18205764 | LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL | Livent Lithium LLC | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18016051 | PRODUCTS FOR ORAL CONSUMPTION WITH REDUCED SUGAR CONTENT | Nomad Bioscience GmbH | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17554095 | WHEAT STEM RUST RESISTANCE GENES AND METHODS OF USE | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
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