Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brillouin Energy Corp. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This one to one ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests a broad but thin spread of active prosecution across the patent office.
BRIAN W COHEN is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. Because the 2 pending actions are located in 2 different art units, the company must navigate the specific procedural nuances of multiple administrative divisions. The limited number of 2 pending actions indicates a focused or early stage portfolio within this technical field. Managing 2 pending actions across 2 art units requires the company to maintain a flexible prosecution strategy that can adapt to different technical standards. This decentralized profile for a small portfolio means that the company must manage 2 separate relationships at the patent office simultaneously. This variety in examiners and art units suggests that the company must maintain a flexible prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, BRIAN W | 1 | 54.8% | +47.6% |
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 1 | 68.2% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274130 | CORE LOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS | COHEN, BRIAN W | — |
| 17393821 | HEAT GENERATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274130 | CORE LOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS | COHEN, BRIAN W | — |
| 17393821 | HEAT GENERATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19274130 | CORE LOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS | COHEN, BRIAN W | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 17393821 | HEAT GENERATION METHODS AND APPARATUS | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2021 |
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