Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Capitainer AB is managing 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each active application is receiving an independent review. Despite the variety of examiners, the prosecution is limited to 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's technology, while reviewed by different individuals, falls into a relatively small set of technical categories within the chemistry field. The use of 2 distinct art units can lead to a more predictable administrative experience across the portfolio even with 3 distinct examiners involved.
HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly spread, which may prevent delays caused by examiner backlogs. The use of 2 distinct art units for 3 actions indicates that at least two examiners are likely working within the same administrative section. This overlap provides a potential opportunity for practitioners to observe how different examiners within the same unit interpret similar subject matter in the Chemistry & Materials space. Practitioners should monitor the 3 pending office actions for any emerging trends in examiner feedback.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1 | 69.8% | +36.5% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1 | 68.3% | +52.0% |
| GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1 | 39.5% | +24.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409738 | SIMPLIFIED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS USING SUBSTRATES WITH PRE-LOADED STANDARDS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18002526 | Functionalized Blood Sampling Device and Method for PEth Measurement | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 147d overdue |
| 18409738 | SIMPLIFIED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS USING SUBSTRATES WITH PRE-LOADED STANDARDS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 17858296 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18409738 | SIMPLIFIED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS USING SUBSTRATES WITH PRE-LOADED STANDARDS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18002526 | Functionalized Blood Sampling Device and Method for PEth Measurement | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17858296 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
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