Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cellmo Materials Innovation Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This indicates that each pending case is being reviewed in a unique organizational environment within the patent office.
O'KEEFE, SEAN P is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that each of the 3 pending cases is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, reflecting a diverse set of technical reviews across the 3 distinct art units.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.7% | +12.5% |
| HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | 1 | 74.5% | +20.7% |
| ROYCE, LIAM A | 1 | 65.6% | +22.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16880941 | Copper Foam for Water Purification | ROYCE, LIAM A | 30d |
| 18589320 | Magnesium-Based Alloy Foam | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 83d |
| 17261553 | Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery with Metal-Foam Anode and Cathode | HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16880941 | Copper Foam for Water Purification | ROYCE, LIAM A | 30d |
| 18589320 | Magnesium-Based Alloy Foam | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 83d |
| 17261553 | Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery with Metal-Foam Anode and Cathode | HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18589320 | Magnesium-Based Alloy Foam | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 17261553 | Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery with Metal-Foam Anode and Cathode | HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | 1728 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2021 |
| 16880941 | Copper Foam for Water Purification | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | May 21, 2020 |
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