Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
1001297676 Ontario Inc. is currently processing 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, though they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. Tima Michele McGuthry Banks is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action.
The portfolio's activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, despite the involvement of multiple examiners. This suggests that while the pending office actions fall under the same technical umbrella in Chemistry & Materials, they are being evaluated by different individuals. Tima Michele McGuthry Banks manages a portion of the 2 pending office actions currently active.
For a practitioner, the presence of multiple examiners within a single art unit indicates a need to monitor different examiner styles within a single technical group. The pending office actions represent the entirety of the company's current prosecution workload. Tima Michele McGuthry Banks is one of the examiners responsible for moving these matters forward.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL FROM BATTERY MATERIALS | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18292209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL FROM BATTERY MATERIALS | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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