Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
16 pending office actions • 1 client • 16 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wolter VanDyke Davis, PLLC Mail Stop AG operates in the Chemistry & Materials sector, with 3418 career applications on record. The firm currently has 15 pending office actions. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.29 percent, which indicates a strong track record of securing patent protection for chemical and material innovations. The firm averages 3.29 office actions per allowance, suggesting a prosecution process that typically requires three to four rounds of communication with examiners.
This average of 3.29 reflects a persistent effort to overcome rejections and achieve the 85.29 percent allowance rate. The 3418 career applications demonstrate the firm's extensive experience in navigating the specific requirements of the Chemistry & Materials technology area. For practitioners, the 15 pending office actions represent a manageable current docket. The firm's ability to maintain an 85.29 percent allowance rate while averaging 3.29 office actions per allowance across 3418 career applications highlights its proficiency in handling complex chemical patent matters and its success in achieving favorable outcomes for its clients.
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 | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 6 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | 1 | 91.4% | +7.3% |
| SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 1 | 46.1% | +48.3% |
| HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 1 | 75.8% | +29.3% |
| ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 1 | 40.9% | +15.7% |
| CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE | 1 | 76.3% | +22.5% |
| BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 1 | 81.3% | +11.7% |
| LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 1 | 68.2% | +46.9% |
| STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1 | 61.6% | +17.2% |
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 1 | 61.6% | +19.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875928 | REPAIR METHOD OF COMPONENTS OF CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINES | FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274998 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE SKID COMPONENT SYSTEM | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 26d overdue |
| 18854525 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 2d overdue |
| 17787127 | SCANNING STRATEGY FOR VOLUME SUPPORT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | MILLS JR., JOE E | 54d |
| 18269552 | SUPPORT STRATEGY FOR THIN-WALLED ADDITIVE STRUCTURE | HEVEY, JOHN A | 60d |
| 18727082 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL NETWORK, AND CONTROL NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE | — |
| 18709489 | METHOD SEQUENCE FOR AUTOMATED NONDESTRUCTIVE MATERIAL TESTING | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
| 18559044 | ALLOY, POWDER, METHOD AND COMPONENT | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — |
| 18266980 | IRRADIATION STRATEGY IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH PULSED IRRADIATION | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274998 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE SKID COMPONENT SYSTEM | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 26d overdue |
| 18854525 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 2d overdue |
| 18269552 | SUPPORT STRATEGY FOR THIN-WALLED ADDITIVE STRUCTURE | HEVEY, JOHN A | 60d |
| 18851123 | INSPECTION DEVICE | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | — |
| 18729575 | 3D SCREEN PRINTING PRINTER AND 3D SCREEN PRINTING METHOD | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18727082 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL NETWORK, AND CONTROL NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE | — |
| 18709489 | METHOD SEQUENCE FOR AUTOMATED NONDESTRUCTIVE MATERIAL TESTING | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
| 18574135 | QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MONITORING | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Siemens Energy | 16 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1735 | 2 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875928 | REPAIR METHOD OF COMPONENTS OF CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINES | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18854525 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2024 |
| 18851123 | INSPECTION DEVICE | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18729575 | 3D SCREEN PRINTING PRINTER AND 3D SCREEN PRINTING METHOD | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18727082 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL NETWORK, AND CONTROL NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE | 2118 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2024 |
| 18709489 | METHOD SEQUENCE FOR AUTOMATED NONDESTRUCTIVE MATERIAL TESTING | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 2662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2024 |
| 18574135 | QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MONITORING | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 2119 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18559044 | ALLOY, POWDER, METHOD AND COMPONENT | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2023 |
| 18274998 | CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE SKID COMPONENT SYSTEM | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2023 |
| 18269552 | SUPPORT STRATEGY FOR THIN-WALLED ADDITIVE STRUCTURE | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Jun 24, 2023 |
| 18266980 | IRRADIATION STRATEGY IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH PULSED IRRADIATION | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18266595 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED POROUS COMPONENT STRUCTURE AND MEANS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18039053 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN A 3D PRINTER USING IMAGE SPATIAL RESOLUTION | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18030852 | OPERATING AN ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 17640683 | NICKEL-BASED ALLOY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, METHOD AND PRODUCT | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2022 |
| 17787127 | SCANNING STRATEGY FOR VOLUME SUPPORT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg | MILLS JR., JOE E | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
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