Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC manages a portfolio with 13 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This workload is distributed across 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. The presence of 7 distinct art units suggests that the company's applications span several specialized sub-sectors within the broader chemistry field, requiring coordination across multiple patent office divisions.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is DAVIS, SHENG HAN, who is currently managing 4 busiest examiner pending office actions. This means that DAVIS, SHENG HAN is responsible for a larger portion of the workload than any other individual examiner among the 9 distinct examiners involved. The remaining pending office actions are spread among the other distinct examiners, reflecting the scale of the company's current legal activity.
Managing the workload across the distinct examiners involved requires a nuanced approach to prosecution, as the 7 distinct art units involved may have different internal guidelines. The fact that DAVIS, SHENG HAN handles 4 busiest examiner pending office actions suggests that while the portfolio is distributed, certain examiners hold more influence over the company's immediate patent outcomes than others.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (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, SHENG HAN | 4 | 66.3% | +33.3% |
| PATEL, SMITA S | 2 | 70.2% | +57.2% |
| GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 1 | 78.8% | +16.7% |
| AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 1 | 79.6% | +17.1% |
| RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ | 1 | 76.7% | -1.0% |
| PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | 1 | 71.7% | +9.8% |
| CHU, YONG LIANG | 1 | 74.9% | +3.1% |
| STANEK, KELSEY L | 1 | 80.6% | +15.3% |
| CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1 | 67.0% | +12.9% |
| TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1 | 63.2% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043090 | OXIDATION CATALYST COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AND A BASE METAL OR METALLOID OXIDE | PATEL, SMITA S | 77d overdue |
| 17999216 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST | STANEK, KELSEY L | 3d overdue |
| 18549195 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A CATALYST | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 53d |
| 18267510 | PLATINUM GROUP METAL CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR TWC APPLICATION | PATEL, SMITA S | — |
| 18033895 | CATALYST FOR ENHANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE CONVERSION AND REDUCED N2O MAKE | RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ | — |
| 18031458 | DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST WITH ENHANCED HYDROCARBON LIGHT-OFF PROPERTIES | PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | — |
| 18030144 | Catalyst Composition Comprising Ferrite-Based Magnetic Material Adapted for Inductive Heating | CHU, YONG LIANG | — |
| 17756482 | THERMAL AGING RESILIENT OXIDATION CATALYSTS FOR DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043090 | OXIDATION CATALYST COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AND A BASE METAL OR METALLOID OXIDE | PATEL, SMITA S | 77d overdue |
| 18010222 | Zeolite-Containing SCR Catalyst | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 49d overdue |
| 18503604 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A ZEOLITIC MATERIAL HAVING FRAMEWORK TYPE AEI | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 3d overdue |
| 17999216 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST | STANEK, KELSEY L | 3d overdue |
| 17608184 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CATALYST COMPRISING COPPER CARBONATE | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 3d overdue |
| 17593396 | LAYERED TRI-METALLIC CATALYTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CATALYTIC ARTICLE | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 27d |
| 18254249 | Particulate Filter Having A Centralized-Distributed Functional Material Layer And Process For Preparing The Same | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 34d |
| 18549195 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A CATALYST | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 53d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 7 |
| 1736 | 2 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18503604 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A ZEOLITIC MATERIAL HAVING FRAMEWORK TYPE AEI | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18549195 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A CATALYST | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18267510 | PLATINUM GROUP METAL CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR TWC APPLICATION | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18254249 | Particulate Filter Having A Centralized-Distributed Functional Material Layer And Process For Preparing The Same | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18033895 | CATALYST FOR ENHANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE CONVERSION AND REDUCED N2O MAKE | RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ | 1736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18031458 | DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST WITH ENHANCED HYDROCARBON LIGHT-OFF PROPERTIES | PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18030144 | Catalyst Composition Comprising Ferrite-Based Magnetic Material Adapted for Inductive Heating | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18043090 | OXIDATION CATALYST COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AND A BASE METAL OR METALLOID OXIDE | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18010222 | Zeolite-Containing SCR Catalyst | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18000301 | METHOD OF PREPARING A COPPER-PROMOTED ZEOLITE | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17999216 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST | STANEK, KELSEY L | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17756482 | THERMAL AGING RESILIENT OXIDATION CATALYSTS FOR DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17608184 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CATALYST COMPRISING COPPER CARBONATE | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2021 |
| 17593396 | LAYERED TRI-METALLIC CATALYTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CATALYTIC ARTICLE | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 17, 2021 |
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