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
Chih-Shiue Yan manages a company patent portfolio focused on the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution is currently limited to 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PENCE, JETHRO M, who is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical scope.
For a patent practitioner, the presence of only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a streamlined but narrow prosecution path. The entire active portfolio relies on the 1 pending office action currently under review. Because PENCE, JETHRO M is the only examiner involved, the prosecution strategy does not need to account for varying examiner behaviors across different art units. This singular focus in Chemistry & Materials suggests that the portfolio's current growth is tied to a specific innovation path.
The fact that 1 distinct art unit covers the active prosecution implies a consistent set of prior art and examination standards are being applied. The 1 pending office action represents the totality of the current workload, making its resolution critical for the portfolio's progress. Practitioners can focus their resources on understanding the specific preferences of PENCE, JETHRO M. While this concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, it also means that any delays from the 1 distinct examiner will impact the entire active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENCE, JETHRO M | 1 | 79.0% | +25.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17336831 | DIAMOND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, DIAMOND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME AND DIAMOND DETECTING METHOD | PENCE, JETHRO M | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17336831 | DIAMOND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, DIAMOND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME AND DIAMOND DETECTING METHOD | PENCE, JETHRO M | 27d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17336831 | DIAMOND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, DIAMOND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME AND DIAMOND DETECTING METHOD | PENCE, JETHRO M | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 02, 2021 |
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