Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
C-Tec Constellium Technology Center currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, which points to a very narrow scope of active prosecution. The portfolio is further characterized by its presence in 1 distinct art unit, centralizing the technical review process for the company's applications.
LUK, VANESSA TIBAY is the busiest examiner for this entity, holding responsibility for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. With only 1 distinct examiner to interface with, the company can maintain a direct and consistent line of communication regarding its intellectual property. This 1:1 relationship between the pending action and the examiner reduces the complexity often found in larger, more distributed portfolios.
The Chemistry & Materials area typically requires rigorous examination, and here, that process is focused on 1 pending office action. The fact that only 1 distinct art unit is involved means that the company does not have to navigate different divisional interpretations of patent law. This allows for a concentrated effort to resolve the 1 pending office action under the guidance of LUK, VANESSA TIBAY.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1 | 54.4% | +26.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17424671 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOY, THE ALLOY COMPRISING AT LEAST ZIRCONIUM AND MAGNESIUM | SMITH, CATHERINE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17282326 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ALUMINUM ALLOY PART | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 42d overdue |
| 17424671 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOY, THE ALLOY COMPRISING AT LEAST ZIRCONIUM AND MAGNESIUM | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17424671 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOY, THE ALLOY COMPRISING AT LEAST ZIRCONIUM AND MAGNESIUM | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
| 17282326 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ALUMINUM ALLOY PART | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2021 |
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