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
Borgwarner Lnc currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The use of 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending actions shows a lack of examiner concentration. However, the presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical focus of these applications is closely related. This distribution requires the company to manage 2 distinct examiner relationships simultaneously while maintaining a consistent technical approach within the 1 art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | 1 | 82.7% | +10.7% |
| TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1 | 66.6% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18512977 | HEATER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATER | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18512977 | HEATER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATER | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | — |
| 18483369 | COOLING MODULE FOR BATTERIES OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18512977 | HEATER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATER | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18483369 | COOLING MODULE FOR BATTERIES OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1723 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
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