Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Blue Buffalo Enterprises Inc. has 2 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, indicating that the company's current prosecution workload is split between different individuals. The data also shows 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the pending matters are being evaluated by different technical groups within the Chemistry & Materials field.
The busiest examiner identified is LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action represents half of the 2 pending office actions currently active in the portfolio. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company's prosecution strategy must account for the specific requirements of each individual and unit. Successfully resolving the 2 pending office actions will require a tailored approach for each of the 2 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903721 | Cat Food Composition for Treating or Preventing Urolithiasis | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903721 | Cat Food Composition for Treating or Preventing Urolithiasis | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18719044 | Shelf-Stable and Flexible Pet Treat Item | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903721 | Cat Food Composition for Treating or Preventing Urolithiasis | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18719044 | Shelf-Stable and Flexible Pet Treat Item | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
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