Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ametrine Technologies Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. Both cases are located in 1 distinct art unit. PIZIALI, ANDREW T is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. This setup ensures that each of the 2 pending office actions is reviewed by a different examiner within the same technical group.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specialized focus within Chemistry & Materials. While 2 distinct examiners are involved, the shared art unit environment may result in similar prosecution hurdles. PIZIALI, ANDREW T handles 1 pending office action, representing half of the current docket. Practitioners should coordinate responses to the 2 distinct examiners to maintain a unified strategy within the single art unit for both pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1 | 28.3% | +27.3% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811968 | Multispectral Camouflage Material | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811968 | Multispectral Camouflage Material | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18746170 | Multispectral Camouflage Material | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18811968 | Multispectral Camouflage Material | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18746170 | Multispectral Camouflage Material | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
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