Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Carlisle Construction Materials LLC is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 5 pending office actions in its portfolio. These 5 pending office actions are split among 4 distinct examiners, indicating that at least one examiner is handling multiple cases. The prosecution is distributed across 4 distinct art units. ANNA THI HO is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 2 pending office actions.
This examiner is responsible for 2 of the 5 pending office actions currently active for Carlisle Construction Materials LLC. The concentration of 5 pending office actions into 4 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners suggests a focused patent strategy. For practitioners, the fact that ANNA THI HO manages 2 pending office actions indicates she has a more significant influence on the portfolio than the other examiners. The distribution across 4 distinct art units provides some level of diversification within the Chemistry & Materials field, reducing reliance on a single examination group.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HO, ANNA THI | 2 | 40.0% | +33.9% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 1 | 59.5% | +31.3% |
| FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1 | 45.9% | +6.8% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.3% | +16.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576682 | APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 31d overdue |
| 18624630 | SPRAY GUN APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 30d overdue |
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | GOFF II, JOHN L | — |
| 18822979 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN ROOFING MEMBRANE FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED INDUCTION WELDING PERFORMANCE | FREEMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576682 | APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 31d overdue |
| 18624630 | SPRAY GUN APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 30d overdue |
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | GOFF II, JOHN L | — |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 2 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19256909 | PEEL AND STICK TEMPORARY ROOFING MEMBRANE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 18901864 | SYSTEM FOR PLATELESS MAGNETIC INDUCTION WELDING OF ROOFING MEMBRANES | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18822979 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN ROOFING MEMBRANE FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED INDUCTION WELDING PERFORMANCE | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18624630 | SPRAY GUN APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18576682 | APPLICATOR | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 17989502 | HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial