Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Betek GmbH & Co. Kg has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, with each examiner responsible for 1 case. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's chemical innovations are being reviewed by a small number of specialized groups. This distribution requires the management of 3 separate examiner relationships simultaneously.
BEHRENS, ADAM J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the other 2 distinct examiners. With 3 pending office actions in total, the company's prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, which may involve different examination guidelines. The fact that 3 distinct examiners are involved for 3 pending office actions means there is no single point of contact for the entire portfolio. Practitioners must ensure that technical definitions remain consistent across these 2 distinct art units.
Managing 3 pending office actions across 3 distinct examiners provides a variety of feedback on the company's patent applications. BEHRENS, ADAM J handles 1 pending office action, representing a portion of the active matters. Because the work is situated in 2 distinct art units, the company can compare the examination styles of these different groups. This structure ensures that the chemistry and materials portfolio is not overly dependent on the discretion of 1 examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHRENS, ADAM J | 1 | 77.3% | +12.1% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.6% |
| LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1 | 83.5% | +9.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286431 | Cemented carbide material | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286436 | Process for the production of a cemented carbide material having a reinforced binder phase | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 27d |
| 18865077 | Hard-metal protection for landsides | BEHRENS, ADAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18865077 | Hard-metal protection for landsides | BEHRENS, ADAM J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18286436 | Process for the production of a cemented carbide material having a reinforced binder phase | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18286431 | Cemented carbide material | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
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