Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cmc Group Inc. currently has 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to examiner WENWEN CAI, who is the only distinct examiner for the company. The data indicates 1 distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units for this portfolio.
WENWEN CAI is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. This reflects a concentrated prosecution effort where all active legal matters are handled by a single individual at the USPTO. This focus allows for a direct prosecution path without the complexity of multiple art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.8% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442438 | Water-Soluble Films and Methods of Use | CAI, WENWEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442438 | Water-Soluble Films and Methods of Use | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18442438 | Water-Soluble Films and Methods of Use | CAI, WENWEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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