Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alpha Tech Research Corp. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is currently assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow and specific area of chemical focus. This point of contact within the patent office simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property. However, it also means that the company's current success depends on the findings and technical interpretation of 1 examiner.
The busiest examiner, MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM, is handling the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner is the person responsible for the company's 1 pending office action, making their examination style the primary factor in the prosecution process. Because there is 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company does not have to navigate different procedural standards or technical perspectives. The focus of the prosecution effort should be on resolving the specific issues raised by this 1 examiner to clear the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, SHARON M | 1 | 68.0% | +26.8% |
| MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1 | 66.1% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18341760 | POOL TYPE LIQUID METAL COOLED MOLTEN SALT REACTOR | DAVIS, SHARON M | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18250205 | Reference Electrode for Molten Salts | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 15d overdue |
| 18341760 | POOL TYPE LIQUID METAL COOLED MOLTEN SALT REACTOR | DAVIS, SHARON M | 8d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3646 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18341760 | POOL TYPE LIQUID METAL COOLED MOLTEN SALT REACTOR | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18250205 | Reference Electrode for Molten Salts | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1794 | §102 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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