Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Carbon Inc. has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct examiners. The portfolio is active in 5 distinct art units.
TENTONI, LEO B is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The data shows a one-to-one ratio of 6 pending office actions to 6 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests that no single examiner has an outsized influence on the current pending portfolio, even though they are working across 5 distinct art units.
With 6 pending office actions being reviewed by 6 distinct examiners, the company must manage a diverse set of examiner interactions. The involvement of 5 distinct art units indicates that the prosecution is technically varied. The 1 action per examiner requires a broad understanding of different sub-fields within Chemistry & Materials.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENTONI, LEO B | 1 | 81.8% | +10.1% |
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| MALIK, VIPUL | 1 | 62.1% | +35.7% |
| COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 81.5% | +14.3% |
| IRVIN, THOMAS W | 1 | 77.4% | +14.5% |
| AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 1 | 71.0% | +26.9% |
| LEE, MICHELLE J | 1 | 39.8% | +60.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552805 | HYBRID SURFACE LATTICES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 5d |
| 18788298 | RESINS INCLUDING COVALENTLY BOUND FILLERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | LEE, EDMUND H | 33d |
| 19059927 | CONNECTOR GRIDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME TO ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURE PARTS | TENTONI, LEO B | — |
| 18521354 | LATTICE TRANSITIONING STRUCTURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18302227 | LIGHT SOURCE VARIABILITY CORRECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 32d overdue |
| 18552805 | HYBRID SURFACE LATTICES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 5d |
| 18296489 | PROTECTIVE MOUTHGUARD | LEE, MICHELLE J | 5d |
| 18788298 | RESINS INCLUDING COVALENTLY BOUND FILLERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | LEE, EDMUND H | 33d |
| 19059927 | CONNECTOR GRIDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME TO ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURE PARTS | TENTONI, LEO B | — |
| 18567589 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING POLYMER DENTAL APPLIANCES | MALIK, VIPUL | — |
| 18521354 | LATTICE TRANSITIONING STRUCTURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19059927 | CONNECTOR GRIDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME TO ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURE PARTS | TENTONI, LEO B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18788298 | RESINS INCLUDING COVALENTLY BOUND FILLERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | LEE, EDMUND H | 1744 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18567589 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING POLYMER DENTAL APPLIANCES | MALIK, VIPUL | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18521354 | LATTICE TRANSITIONING STRUCTURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | 1784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18552805 | HYBRID SURFACE LATTICES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18302227 | LIGHT SOURCE VARIABILITY CORRECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18296489 | PROTECTIVE MOUTHGUARD | LEE, MICHELLE J | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
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