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
C-Lecta GmbH has 1 pending office action currently active. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Marsha M Tsay. The portfolio shows 0 distinct art units, which may indicate that the specific technical classification for the pending action is not currently available. This lack of art unit diversity suggests a narrow or specialized focus for the company's current patenting efforts.
Marsha M Tsay is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active prosecution. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 reflects this total concentration of the workload. With 1 distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units involved, the company's immediate legal strategy is entirely dependent on the review of a single individual. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific requirements and historical tendencies of Marsha M Tsay to successfully navigate the 1 pending office action currently on the docket for C-Lecta GmbH.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSAY, MARSHA M | 1 | 45.7% | +52.7% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718823 | GLUCOSE ISOMERASES | TSAY, MARSHA M | — |
| 18682841 | METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACRYLAMIDE FROM FOODS AND STIMULANTS | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718823 | GLUCOSE ISOMERASES | TSAY, MARSHA M | — |
| 18682841 | METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACRYLAMIDE FROM FOODS AND STIMULANTS | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18718823 | GLUCOSE ISOMERASES | TSAY, MARSHA M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18682841 | METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACRYLAMIDE FROM FOODS AND STIMULANTS | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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