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
Ben Z Cohen is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, LEE, KEVIN G, in 1 distinct art unit. LEE, KEVIN G is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of Ben Z Cohen's current active prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is straightforward and lacks the complexity of larger, more distributed portfolios. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be determined by the specific requirements and interpretations of LEE, KEVIN G. Practitioners should focus their efforts on this 1 distinct examiner to advance the company's intellectual property goals. The 1 pending office action serves as a critical milestone for the current patent strategy. The 1 distinct art unit provides a clear environment for the examination of this 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, KEVIN G | 1 | 64.1% | +27.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246346 | NOZZLE | LEE, KEVIN G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246346 | NOZZLE | LEE, KEVIN G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19246346 | NOZZLE | LEE, KEVIN G | 1711 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
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