Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This small portfolio shows a complete dispersion of work among the assigned examiners, with each official handling a single case. The distribution across 2 distinct art units for the 3 pending actions suggests that the university's chemical research is not confined to a single specialized group.
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA is the busiest examiner, though she is responsible for only 1 pending office action. This reflects the fact that each of the 3 distinct examiners is managing a single matter for the university. The concentration in the 2 distinct art units suggests that the research is focused within a narrow set of technical categories. Practitioners should be prepared for a case-by-case prosecution strategy, as the examiners will likely have different approaches. The busiest examiner is responsible for 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.7% | +13.8% |
| LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18716904 | FLEXIBLE CONDUCTIVE HEARING AIDS | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19470953 | BILAYER ELECTRODES FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18712000 | PEROVSKITES | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19470953 | BILAYER ELECTRODES FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18716904 | FLEXIBLE CONDUCTIVE HEARING AIDS | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1721 | 1 |
| 2691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19470953 | BILAYER ELECTRODES FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1721 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 18716904 | FLEXIBLE CONDUCTIVE HEARING AIDS | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | 2691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18712000 | PEROVSKITES | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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