Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Blueshift Materials Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These active matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the technical subject matter is concentrated in one art unit, the applications are being reviewed by different examiners. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active prosecution efforts for the company in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BRENT T O'HERN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions, the workload is evenly split. Practitioners should be aware that 2 distinct examiners may have different approaches to the same 1 distinct art unit. Navigating 2 distinct examiners requires a strategy that accounts for individual review styles while maintaining technical consistency within the art unit. The 2 pending office actions provide the company with multiple opportunities to advance its materials science patent portfolio simultaneously.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 1 | 78.5% | +19.8% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18784651 | FIBER-REINFORCED ORGANIC POLYMER AEROGEL | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 18682341 | THERMAL PROTECTION LAMINATES | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18784651 | FIBER-REINFORCED ORGANIC POLYMER AEROGEL | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 18682341 | THERMAL PROTECTION LAMINATES | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18784651 | FIBER-REINFORCED ORGANIC POLYMER AEROGEL | O'HERN, BRENT T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18682341 | THERMAL PROTECTION LAMINATES | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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