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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Calix Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single active matter is assigned to a single distinct examiner, SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL, who operates within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio under one individual suggests a highly focused prosecution path for the company's current filings. This singular focus means that the company's immediate success in the patent office is entirely dependent on the feedback and requirements of this specific examiner.
SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding the 1 pending office action currently on record. Because the distinct examiners and distinct art units both count at 1, the company's immediate patent strategy appears narrow in scope. This alignment between the busiest examiner and the total pending actions indicates that the outcome of this specific interaction will define the company's short-term success in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The lack of diversity in examiners and art units suggests that the company is not currently pursuing a broad range of technical filings that would trigger reviews from different administrative groups. Consequently, the prosecution experience is highly centralized, requiring a deep understanding of the specific preferences of SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL within the designated art unit.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 63.9% | +6.7% |
| VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1 | 62.4% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701877 | PROCESSES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 26d |
| 17610399 | A System and Method for the Production of High Strength Materials | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17610399 | A System and Method for the Production of High Strength Materials | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701877 | PROCESSES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 17610399 | A System and Method for the Production of High Strength Materials | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2021 |
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