Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19210455 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROGEN GAS USING NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST | May 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19188376 | AMINE APPENDED BIMETALLIC METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK (MOF-74) FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF | April 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19070243 | NANOCOMPOSITE OF GRAPHITIC C3N4, MnO2, and MgAl2O4 FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19103375 | INORGANIC COMPOUND, DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, INORGANIC COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHANE AND HYDROGEN, DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | February 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19037093 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PHOSPHORUS-DOPED GRAPHENE USING PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING SLUDGE AND BIOMASS | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19015905 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF NITRATE REMOVAL IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PFAS DESTRUCTION | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18975691 | OXIDATIVE REFORMING AND ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18967004 | METHOD OF PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION AND WATER SPLITTING USING NANOCOMPOSITE | December 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18954299 | COPPER OXIDE-MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE (CuO.MgAl2O4) SPINEL NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD OF SYNTHESIS THEREOF | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18894537 | Super Absorbent Polymer | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18343771 | METHOD OF PREPARING SULFURYL FLUORIDE | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING BORIC ACID FROM A BORON SOLUTION | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198596 | COMPOUNDS AND PROCESSES FOR REMEDIATION OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18011172 | METHOD FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT TREATMENT OF TOLUENE BY USING COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING TERNARY NIO NANOSHEET @ BIMETALLIC CECUOX MICROSHEET CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103395 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS | January 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18094494 | Methods and Apparatuses for Making Nanomaterials in Space | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013285 | MESHED CATALYST BASED HIGH-YIELD PREPARATION AND REGENERATION METHOD FOR CARBON NANOTUBES AND HYDROGEN | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002921 | STEAM REFORMING | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073703 | IONIC COMPOUND AND COMPOSITION THEREOF FOR HYDROPHOBIC PROTEIN EXTRACTION; AND ANTI-NONSPECIFIC PROTEIN ADSORPTION ZWITTERIONIC COMPOUND AND ELEMENT WITH ANTI-NONSPECIFIC PROTEIN ADSORPTION LAYER COMPRISING THE SAME | December 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17966369 | RECYCLABLE CERAMIC CATALYST FILTER, FILTERING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE FILTERING SYSTEM | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17939088 | ENERGY AND HYDROGEN LOGISTICS | September 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889608 | FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING ACTIVE METAL OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME | August 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17883409 | URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE BYPRODUCTS AND/OR MATERIALS DISPOSAL | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760281 | PREDOMINANTLY AMORPHOUS SILICON PARTICLES AND USE THEREOF AS ACTIVE ANODE MATERIAL IN SECONDARY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES | August 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17759464 | TREATMENT OF HEAVY PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS BY PARTIAL OXIDATION GASIFICATION | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17781453 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CLEANING LIQUID | June 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17711349 | METHOD FOR CREATING A LITHIUM ADSORBENT | April 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763850 | SIMPLIFIED SULPHATE REMOVAL FOR EFFLUENT TREATMENT | March 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17641775 | CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17690326 | ALUMINUM BASE LITHIUM ION ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME BY LIQUID-PHASE PRECIPITATION | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17688015 | Ammonium Bicarbonate Production Method Using Anaerobic Digester Outputs | March 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17638646 | IMPROVED MICROGRANULATION METHODS AND PRODUCT PARTICLES THEREFROM | February 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17637577 | Processes For Reducing Environmental Availability Of Environmental Pollutants | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17636491 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BERYLLIUM SOLUTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BERYLLIUM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BERYLLIUM HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BERYLLIUM OXIDE, AND BERYLLIUM OXIDE | February 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17669568 | PURIFICATION OF ORES USING BORONIC ACID-FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17633121 | AN FCC CATALYST COMPOSITION AND A PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION | February 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17633033 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING WASTE USING LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA AND DEVICE THEREFOR | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17632082 | SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE PRODUCTION METHOD | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630436 | PROCESS OF OBTAINING POWDERED SODIUM SILICATE FROM SAND TAILINGS ORIGINATED FROM THE IRON ORE CONCENTRATION PROCESS | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585459 | METHOD FOR DEHALOGENATION AND VITRIFICATION OF RADIOACTIVE METAL HALIDE WASTES | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630472 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ZIRCONIUM COMPLEX | January 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17628303 | ALKANE DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST, AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME | January 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17626991 | LITHIUM BATTERY PROCESSING METHOD AND DEACTIVATING AGENT | January 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17626109 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SULFITE | January 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17625444 | METALS RECOVERY FROM SPENT CATALYST | January 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17570084 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17568730 | DISPOSAL METHOD FOR WASTE FABRIC CONTAINING POLYESTER AND NYLON | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17566940 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17612264 | BOEHMITE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | November 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17610747 | TITANIUM OXIDE POWDER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | November 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17609079 | METHOD FOR TREATING WASTE MATERIAL | November 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17609081 | A METHOD FOR TREATING WASTE MATERIAL COMPRISING ORGANIC COMPONENTS AND LOW AND/OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RADIOACTIVE AGENTS AND A USE OF A MATERIAL | November 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17608182 | STEAM REFORMING CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM BIOBASED MATERIALS | November 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594607 | METHOD FOR DEGRADING CANNABINOID | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17505760 | METHOD FOR PREPARING REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE-MAGNESIUM NANOCRYSTAL COMPOSITE | October 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17603278 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LITHIUM CARBONATE FROM LITHIUM SULFATE | October 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17442961 | METHOD OF LITHIUM EXTRACTION FROM SEDIMENTARY CLAY | September 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442445 | TUNGSTEN HEXAFLUORIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD, TUNGSTEN HEXAFLUORIDE PURIFICATION METHOD, AND TUNGSTEN HEXAFLUORIDE | September 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17442164 | ADSORBENT, HEAVY METAL REMOVING AGENT, MOLDED BODY USING SAME, AND WATER PURIFIER | September 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471747 | POROUS METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-POLYMER COMPOSITES FOR USE IN DETOXIFYING CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS | September 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17470472 | HETEROSTRUCTURED THIN-FILM CATALYSTS COMPRISING NANOCAVITIES | September 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SEPARATION AND REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS AND IRRADIATED PARTICULATES FROM FLUIDS | September 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17434146 | NANOPARTICLES FOR PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIAL AND AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIAL | August 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433491 | MOLDED SINTERED BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED SINTERED BODY | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17432176 | MIXED OXIDE WITH HIGH PORE VOLUME | August 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17428819 | METHOD FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL | August 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 53 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427332 | A MOLDING COMPRISING A MIXED OXIDE COMPRISING OXYGEN, LANTHANUM, ALUMINUM, AND COBALT | July 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17383643 | APPARATUS FOR SATURATING BUFFER MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR SATURATING BUFFER MATERIAL BY USING THE SAME | July 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17382054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TREAT FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION AND METAL-BEARING WASTE STREAMS TO RECOVER VALUE-ADDED MATERIALS | July 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 55 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17422765 | METHOD FOR TREATING WASTE ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17414651 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING AN ACID WASTE BY CEMENTATION | June 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347726 | HIGH SURFACE AREA PENTASIL ZEOLITE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17414061 | ZEOLITE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | June 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17298378 | CATALYST AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME | May 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17294356 | METHOD FOR PREPARING HIERARCHICAL POROUS TITANOSILICATE TS-1 MOLECULAR SIEVE | May 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17293798 | A CATALYST COMPOSITION AND ITS APPLICATIONS THEREOF | May 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17290043 | ELECTROLYTIC TREATMENT FOR NUCLEAR DECONTAMINATION | April 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17289467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PYROLYSING ORGANIC WASTE | April 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17243491 | DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE INTO DEEP SALT FORMATIONS | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17286450 | Process for workup of mixed acid and wastewater from the nitration of aromatics and apparatus for performing the process | April 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17213570 | Method And Arrangement Using Buried Tubular Members To Increase The Rate Of Decay Of Radioactive Contamination | March 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17209186 | System and Method for Creating and Collecting Magnetic Microplastics | March 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17271317 | METHOD AND FLUIDIZED BED GRANULATOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULES FROM A SLURRY | February 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17261469 | IMPROVED METHODS FOR LANDFILL VOLUME REDUCTION | January 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17257275 | Method for Decontaminating a Structural Element of a Nuclear Reactor | December 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256876 | METHOD OF RECOVERING THE FLY ASH | December 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17116941 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPOSING ALKALI METAL PATCHES | December 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 54 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17116618 | Systems And Methods For Pollutant Removal From Fluids With Pelletized High Strength Carbon Products With Reactive Binders | December 2020 | January 2026 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105942 | Continuous Separation of Radionuclides by Shock Electrodialysis | November 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17045280 | CLEANING COMPOSITION FOR DECONTAMINATING SURFACES, IN PARTICULAR RADIOACTIVE SURFACES, AND RELATIVE DECONTAMINATION | October 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17040626 | USE OF SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS AND POLYMER MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM THESE SOLUTIONS FOR TRAPPING TOXIC CHEMICAL AGENTS | September 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
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Examiner SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT works in Art Unit 1736 and has examined 44 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 68.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.
Examiner SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT's allowance rate of 68.2% places them in the 30% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT receive 1.59 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 30% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT is 43 months. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +32.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT. This interview benefit is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 0% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 5% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 6.7% of allowed cases (in the 84% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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