Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Brh International Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. DIONNE WALLS MAYES is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. The current prosecution state is highly focused, with only 1 pending office action active. This centralized structure allows the applicant to concentrate all efforts on a single examiner and a single set of art unit guidelines, which can lead to a more efficient prosecution process.
Because this action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant's primary task is to address the specific concerns of DIONNE WALLS MAYES. There are no other examiners or art units involved, which simplifies the strategic approach within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's specific technical expertise to craft effective responses. With only 1 pending office action, the company can ensure that its legal resources are used effectively to secure this particular patent asset, as the entire portfolio's current success depends on this single interaction.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYES, DIONNE WALLS | 1 | 64.3% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210596 | Personal Smoking Device and Kit | MAYES, DIONNE WALLS | 100d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210596 | Personal Smoking Device and Kit | MAYES, DIONNE WALLS | 100d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18210596 | Personal Smoking Device and Kit | MAYES, DIONNE WALLS | 1747 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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