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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Codelcotec Spa is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action currently on record. This activity is restricted to 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific focus for the company's current materials science patent applications. This approach indicates a strategic emphasis on a particular technical niche within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The prosecution is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL is the busiest examiner for Codelcotec Spa, handling 1 pending office action. This means that the company's current patent office workload is assigned to a single examiner. The use of 1 distinct examiner suggests a centralized review process where all communication is directed through this official, which simplifies the management of the portfolio.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution profile is highly centralized. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved represents the sole point of contact for the company's current patenting activity. Since SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL handles 1 pending office action, the outcome depends on this individual's interpretation of the claims.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 63.9% | +6.7% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17756558 | THERMAL LAUNDER FOR THE TRANSFER OF WHITE METAL IN A SMELTING FURNACE | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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