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
Brochman Innovations LLC has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, both of whom are working within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that while the company's patent applications are being reviewed by different individuals, they fall under the same technical classification and examination group. This allows the company to maintain a consistent technical argument while addressing the specific feedback of 2 different examiners within that single art unit.
BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action, representing 1 of the 2 total pending actions for the company. The other pending action is managed by the second distinct examiner within the same art unit. This distribution of the 2 pending actions means that the company's prosecution is split between two different perspectives within a single technical group. Each action represents an independent opportunity for the company to expand its intellectual property holdings in the Chemistry & Materials space.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1 | 52.9% | +18.8% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19210584 | PEX TUBING EXPANDER HEAD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19210584 | PEX TUBING EXPANDER HEAD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19210584 | PEX TUBING EXPANDER HEAD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19040608 | TUBING BENDER | EKIERT, TERESA M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
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