Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ahlstrom Oyj manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 5 pending office actions. These actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio covers a broad range of technical sub-specialties within the chemistry field. This high ratio of art units to pending actions suggests a diverse set of inventions that do not fall into a single technical category.
The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners. TATESURE, VINCENT is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 2 of the pending office actions. The remaining actions are distributed among the other distinct examiners, showing a varied landscape of examiner interactions. This distribution requires the company to manage relationships with multiple examiners simultaneously.
The fact that there are multiple art units for the pending office actions highlights a high degree of technical dispersion. Practitioners working with Ahlstrom Oyj must navigate the specific requirements of the different units while managing the workload where 2 pending actions are concentrated with TATESURE, VINCENT. This structure implies that the company's strategy is multifaceted, requiring expertise across several areas of the Chemistry & Materials technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TATESURE, VINCENT | 2 | 44.9% | +31.5% |
| CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1 | 67.7% | +14.8% |
| WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 1 | 47.1% | +34.7% |
| DICUS, TAMRA | 1 | 30.5% | +21.4% |
| MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1 | 31.8% | +43.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725467 | STERILIZATION WRAP AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE | TATESURE, VINCENT | 35d |
| 18694259 | THERMOPLASTIC-IMPREGNATED CELLULOSIC NONWOVEN AS A COMPOSTABLE FILTER MATERIAL FOR LIQUIDS | TATESURE, VINCENT | — |
| 17115184 | HIGH BURST STRENGTH WET-LAID NONWOVEN FILTRATION MEDIA AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17637666 | PRE-PASTED WALL COVER AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | DICUS, TAMRA | 28d |
| 18725467 | STERILIZATION WRAP AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE | TATESURE, VINCENT | 35d |
| 18872965 | FIBER-BASED TRANSPARENT TAPE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT AND USES THEREOF | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | — |
| 18694259 | THERMOPLASTIC-IMPREGNATED CELLULOSIC NONWOVEN AS A COMPOSTABLE FILTER MATERIAL FOR LIQUIDS | TATESURE, VINCENT | — |
| 18275421 | Biodegradable cellulose-based filter media and facial masks including the same | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | — |
| 17115184 | HIGH BURST STRENGTH WET-LAID NONWOVEN FILTRATION MEDIA AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18872965 | FIBER-BASED TRANSPARENT TAPE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT AND USES THEREOF | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18725467 | STERILIZATION WRAP AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE | TATESURE, VINCENT | 1786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18694259 | THERMOPLASTIC-IMPREGNATED CELLULOSIC NONWOVEN AS A COMPOSTABLE FILTER MATERIAL FOR LIQUIDS | TATESURE, VINCENT | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18275421 | Biodegradable cellulose-based filter media and facial masks including the same | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 17637666 | PRE-PASTED WALL COVER AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Feb 23, 2022 |
| 17115184 | HIGH BURST STRENGTH WET-LAID NONWOVEN FILTRATION MEDIA AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2020 |
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