Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Echem Materials Company Limited operates a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently shows 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents the current focus of the company's patent prosecution efforts in the materials sector. The prosecution is highly concentrated, with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved.
The busiest examiner is LEE, ALEXANDER N, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the company's current Chemistry & Materials innovations are being evaluated by 1 distinct examiner within a specific art unit at the patent office. LEE, ALEXANDER N is the examiner for the 1 pending office action, which simplifies the management of the portfolio. There is no need to coordinate between different art units or examiners.
Because the 1 pending office action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution strategy can be entirely focused on the feedback and requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. This concentration allows for a more direct and efficient communication process. Practitioners can focus on the specific technical standards of the 1 distinct art unit to advance the 1 pending office action toward a resolution in the Chemistry & Materials field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, ALEXANDER N | 1 | 76.7% | +11.9% |
| CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1 | 45.7% | +11.9% |
| CHU, JOHN S Y | 1 | 76.8% | +5.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18351511 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND MICROLENS ARRAY | LEE, ALEXANDER N | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18351511 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND MICROLENS ARRAY | LEE, ALEXANDER N | — |
| 18344883 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND COLOR FILTER | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1737 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18351511 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND MICROLENS ARRAY | LEE, ALEXANDER N | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18344883 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND COLOR FILTER | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1737 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18342754 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PROTECTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION | CHU, JOHN S Y | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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