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
Concepts For Success has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which points to a very focused intellectual property strategy. In the Chemistry & Materials technology area, where examination can be highly technical, dealing with 1 distinct art unit allows for a more consistent application of legal and technical arguments. The practitioner can focus on the specific requirements of this 1 distinct examiner without the distraction of multiple competing deadlines or varying art unit standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is THROWER, LARRY W, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently pending, the examiner's individual approach will be the primary driver of the portfolio's progress. Practitioners should carefully review the past actions of THROWER, LARRY W to ensure the response is optimized for their specific style. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current technological interests are concentrated in a single, specific area of Chemistry & Materials, requiring a deep understanding of that niche.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18453151 | EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR CREATING PARTICLE FREE REGIONS IN A PARTICLE LOADED FIBROUS WEB | THROWER, LARRY W | 71d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18453151 | EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR CREATING PARTICLE FREE REGIONS IN A PARTICLE LOADED FIBROUS WEB | THROWER, LARRY W | 71d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18453151 | EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR CREATING PARTICLE FREE REGIONS IN A PARTICLE LOADED FIBROUS WEB | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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