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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Controladora Mabe S A De C V currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J. The prosecution is located within 1 distinct art unit. TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This single pending action represents the company's current activity in the Chemistry & Materials sector with 1 distinct examiner.
Practitioners should note that having 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the prosecution landscape. The specific technical nuances of the Chemistry & Materials area will be evaluated by a single official within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration allows for a focused approach to examiner interviews and responses, as there are no conflicting viewpoints from other examiners to consider. Success in this 1 pending matter will depend on addressing the specific technical standards and material science interpretations of TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J. This profile indicates a targeted effort to secure intellectual property within a specific chemistry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1 | 83.7% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18808546 | UVC-ASSISTED WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18808546 | UVC-ASSISTED WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18808546 | UVC-ASSISTED WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
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