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
Clever Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These are in 2 distinct art units. This spread suggests that the company's research covers multiple specialized fields within the broader chemistry sector. Having 2 different administrative groups review the cases requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for varying standards and prior art landscapes. Practitioners must tailor their approach to the specific requirements of each of the 2 units involved to ensure consistent progress. This distribution across 2 units indicates a breadth of technical subject matter.
2 distinct examiners are reviewing the cases. RESTO OQUENDO, NATHALY MARIE is the busiest with 1 pending office action. This distribution means that the workload is split between different individuals. The company must navigate the individual styles and interpretations of 2 different people across the 2 units. The prosecution strategy should involve monitoring the feedback from all officials to identify unique challenges in the Chemistry & Materials sector. Success requires a balanced approach to satisfy RESTO OQUENDO, NATHALY MARIE and the other assigned examiner while managing 2 separate prosecution tracks.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTO OQUENDO, NATHALY MARIE | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 62.6% | +27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18682553 | DEVICE FOR FORMING SHARK FIN OF 3-SIDED SEALING POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18682582 | DEVICE FOR FORMING SHARK FIN OF 3-SIDED SEALING POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY | RESTO OQUENDO, NATHALY MARIE | — |
| 18682553 | DEVICE FOR FORMING SHARK FIN OF 3-SIDED SEALING POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18682582 | DEVICE FOR FORMING SHARK FIN OF 3-SIDED SEALING POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY | RESTO OQUENDO, NATHALY MARIE | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18682553 | DEVICE FOR FORMING SHARK FIN OF 3-SIDED SEALING POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClever Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nathaly Marie Resto Oquendo has the most, with 1 of Clever Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.