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
Cool Things Corp. is currently addressing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This active case represents the current state of the company's patent prosecution. The technical nature of this field often involves complex material science claims that require precise legal and technical responses to overcome potential rejections.
The examination process for this portfolio is centralized, featuring 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current patent strategy is focused on a specific niche within the broader technical sector. Dealing with only 1 distinct art unit allows the applicant to tailor their approach to a single set of examination standards and procedural requirements.
LAN, YAN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Monitoring the specific preferences and past decisions of this individual is a critical component of the current prosecution strategy. The progress of this specific case will significantly impact the overall timeline for the portfolio's development.
Having 1 distinct examiner involved simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there is no risk of conflicting examiner requirements across different cases. The 1 pending office action serves as the primary focal point for the company's legal representatives as they seek to secure patent protections in the Chemistry & Materials field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +21.9% |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1782 | 1 |
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