Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arxada AG is currently addressing 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, requiring the company to manage 6 different examiner relationships. This distribution suggests that each of the 6 pending office actions is being evaluated independently by a different individual at the USPTO. Such a spread can result in a lack of consistency in how similar technical concepts are treated across the portfolio. The 1 to 1 ratio of 6 pending office actions to 6 distinct examiners indicates a decentralized prosecution risk.
The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating a level of technical diversity within the chemistry sector. WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending action. The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations span several specialized technical fields within the broader Chemistry & Materials area. With 6 distinct examiners working across 4 distinct art units, the company must be prepared for a variety of procedural approaches and technical interpretations during the prosecution process. Practitioners should monitor the 4 distinct art units for varying examination standards while managing the 6 distinct examiners currently assigned.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1 | 55.2% | +16.8% |
| MRUK, BRIAN P | 1 | 74.2% | +27.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| TIEN, LUCY MINYU | 1 | 59.3% | +39.2% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851229 | In-Process Drying for Oil Based Timber Treatment | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 12d |
| 18834251 | Single Dose Disinfectant | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18696436 | Preservative Composition | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851229 | In-Process Drying for Oil Based Timber Treatment | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 12d |
| 18010017 | Methods and Compositions for Use in Glued-Wood Products | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 22d |
| 18834259 | Single Dose Disinfectant | MRUK, BRIAN P | — |
| 18834251 | Single Dose Disinfectant | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18696436 | Preservative Composition | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851229 | In-Process Drying for Oil Based Timber Treatment | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18834259 | Single Dose Disinfectant | MRUK, BRIAN P | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18834251 | Single Dose Disinfectant | ELHILO, EISA B | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18696436 | Preservative Composition | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18010017 | Methods and Compositions for Use in Glued-Wood Products | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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