Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Agp Worldwide Operations GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. The cases are distributed across 2 distinct art units. WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action.
This distribution suggests that while the technology area is consistent, the specific subject matter is varied enough to involve 2 distinct art units. Because each of the 3 actions is handled by a different examiner, there is no central point of contact. Practitioners must tailor their approach to 3 different examination styles while navigating the requirements of the art units. The 1 pending action per examiner ensures that each case is reviewed independently.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1 | — | — |
| COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1 | 69.9% | +16.1% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.7% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725541 | SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | — |
| 18718032 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATE GLAZING WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL QUALITY | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725541 | SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | — |
| 18718032 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATE GLAZING WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL QUALITY | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861553 | LAMINATE WITH EDGE SEAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM | WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1789 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18725541 | SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18718032 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATE GLAZING WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL QUALITY | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2024 |
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