Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Championx Usa Inc. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution indicates a broader range of technical review than a single-action portfolio. With 3 distinct art units involved, the portfolio faces scrutiny from multiple specialized groups within the office. This diversity in examination requires a strategy that addresses the specific tendencies of multiple different examiners across various technical classifications within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. These 2 actions represent a significant portion of the 4 total pending office actions for the company. The remaining actions are split among other examiners, as there are 3 distinct examiners in total. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific requirements of the busiest examiner while maintaining separate strategies for the other distinct examiners. The spread across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology in the Chemistry & Materials sector is multifaceted.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 2 | 73.2% | +5.2% |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.6% | +18.6% |
| WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | 1 | 80.0% | -4.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18343269 | TREATMENT CHEMICAL CARTRIDGES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18323662 | CHEMICAL TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 7d |
| 18452245 | CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 76d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452245 | CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 76d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 2 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18452245 | CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18447746 | DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGEN COMPATIBLE CHEMICALS AND TEST METHODS FOR ENERGY SECTOR APPLICATION | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1764 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18343269 | TREATMENT CHEMICAL CARTRIDGES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18323662 | CHEMICAL TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
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