Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Camfil Usa Inc. is currently handling 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B is the busiest examiner, overseeing the 1 pending office action for the company.
The company's prosecution activity is focused on a single pending office action, making the 1 distinct examiner the primary point of contact. Because the action is within 1 distinct art unit, the Chemistry & Materials strategy is highly centralized. Practitioners should prioritize addressing the specific concerns of MCKENZIE, THOMAS B to successfully conclude the prosecution.
The lack of diversification across multiple units means that the company's immediate success in the Chemistry & Materials sector depends on this individual review. Practitioners should prioritize a comprehensive response to the 1 pending office action to avoid prolonged pendency. Understanding the specific requirements of the distinct art unit will be essential for advancing the 1 distinct examiner's evaluation of the case.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1 | 57.3% | +22.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18425438 | MULTI-PLY FILTER SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AN AIR INTAKE OPENING | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 23d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18425438 | MULTI-PLY FILTER SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AN AIR INTAKE OPENING | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 23d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18425438 | MULTI-PLY FILTER SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AN AIR INTAKE OPENING | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
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