Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Clear Labs Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, meaning that no 2 pending matters are being reviewed by the same person or within the same administrative unit. This indicates a diversified prosecution landscape for the company's current chemistry filings. Managing 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires the applicant to address different technical standards and examiner styles concurrently.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LE, AUSTIN Q, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This accounts for 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the company. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for the specific nuances of different technical divisions within the patent office. The presence of 2 distinct examiners means that the company cannot rely on a single point of contact, necessitating a complex approach to resolving the current pending office actions.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, LENORA A | 1 | 68.3% | +34.5% |
| LE, AUSTIN Q | 1 | 49.7% | +31.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340245 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | ABEL, LENORA A | — |
| 18340158 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | LE, AUSTIN Q | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340245 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | ABEL, LENORA A | — |
| 18340158 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | LE, AUSTIN Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18340245 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | ABEL, LENORA A | 1799 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18340158 | FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING | LE, AUSTIN Q | 1796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
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