Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bac Corrosion Control A/S has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration reflects a focused technical scope for the company's current pending application. The alignment of the 1 pending office action within a single art unit suggests that the technology involved is specialized and fits clearly into one chemistry or materials classification at the patent office.
MORILLO, JANELL COMBS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending office action, this examiner is responsible for the company's entire active workload. The alignment of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates a singular path for the current prosecution. For the company, this means that the success of its current intellectual property efforts depends on navigating the specific requirements and feedback provided by this one examiner in their respective art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1 | 58.2% | +26.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18402313 | ALLOY FOR USE IN A SACRIFICIAL ANODE AND A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18402313 | ALLOY FOR USE IN A SACRIFICIAL ANODE AND A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18402313 | ALLOY FOR USE IN A SACRIFICIAL ANODE AND A SACRIFICIAL ANODE | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBac Corrosion Control A/S has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Janell Combs Morillo has the most, with 1 of Bac Corrosion Control A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.