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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Allnex Netherlands B V is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners but are all located within 1 distinct art unit. Mark S Kaucher is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently assigned.
The distribution of 3 pending office actions among 3 distinct examiners means each examiner handles 1 of the 3 current matters. Despite having three different examiners, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a unified technical oversight for the company's Chemistry & Materials filings. Mark S Kaucher is one of the three examiners the company must engage with.
Practitioners can benefit from the consistent standards of the 1 distinct art unit while managing the individual styles of the 3 distinct examiners. This structure allows for the reuse of technical arguments across the 3 pending office actions. However, the procedural approach must be tailored to Mark S Kaucher and the other two examiners to ensure each of the 3 pending office actions moves forward effectively.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAUCHER, MARK S | 1 | 72.4% | +14.0% |
| BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1 | 71.1% | +17.0% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.9% | +44.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575935 | AQUEOUS VINYL POLYMER DISPERSION | KAUCHER, MARK S | — |
| 18569365 | NON AQUEOUS CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | — |
| 18569041 | WATERBORNE COATING COMPOSITION | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575935 | AQUEOUS VINYL POLYMER DISPERSION | KAUCHER, MARK S | — |
| 18569365 | NON AQUEOUS CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | — |
| 18569041 | WATERBORNE COATING COMPOSITION | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18575935 | AQUEOUS VINYL POLYMER DISPERSION | KAUCHER, MARK S | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18569365 | NON AQUEOUS CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18569041 | WATERBORNE COATING COMPOSITION | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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