Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Continuous Composites Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. The portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units. KASENGE, CHARLES R is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action.
This distribution suggests that while the technology area is consistent, the specific subject matter is varied enough to involve 2 distinct art units. Because each of the 3 actions is handled by a different examiner, there is no central point of contact. Practitioners must tailor their approach to 3 different examination styles while navigating the specific requirements of the art units. The 1 pending action per examiner ensures independent review for each case.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASENGE, CHARLES R | 1 | 84.0% | +13.8% |
| FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 1 | 53.7% | +28.5% |
| LEE, RIP A | 1 | 83.5% | -4.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18928783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
| 17801421 | FAST ACTINICALLY CURABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR 3D COMPOSITES | LEE, RIP A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18928783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
| 18394278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18928783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18394278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 17801421 | FAST ACTINICALLY CURABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR 3D COMPOSITES | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
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