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
Cath'Air currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit, reflecting a focused administrative path for the company's current intellectual property efforts. This concentration suggests that the company's immediate legal strategy is tied to a specific technical niche within the broader Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is GOFF II, JOHN L. This examiner is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total count of pending office actions is the amount already stated, this examiner is responsible for the entire pending workload of the portfolio. This creates a direct relationship between the company and a single point of review. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination patterns of GOFF II, JOHN L to effectively manage the active matter.
The presence of a distinct art unit and a distinct examiner means that the outcome of the current prosecution cycle depends entirely on this specific interaction. The active matter represents the totality of the company's immediate USPTO engagement. This concentration simplifies the tracking of deadlines and examiner preferences. However, it also means there is no diversification of risk across different examiners or art units for the active matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 1 | 59.5% | +31.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18828124 | METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE PANEL AND COMPOSITE PANEL OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD | GOFF II, JOHN L | 28d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18828124 | METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE PANEL AND COMPOSITE PANEL OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD | GOFF II, JOHN L | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18828124 | METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE PANEL AND COMPOSITE PANEL OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
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