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
Crosstex International Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized focus for the company's current filings. The presence of only 1 active action indicates a low volume of immediate administrative hurdles, though it also means the company lacks a broader set of examiner interactions to benchmark its success rate in this technology sector. This concentration requires a precise response to the specific technical objections raised by the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is NGUYEN, HENRY H, who is overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's pending matters, their specific history and preferences in the Chemistry & Materials field are critical to the portfolio's progress. Practitioners should focus on the specific art unit and examiner NGUYEN, HENRY H to ensure that the response to the current matter aligns with the examiner's established patterns. The reliance on 1 distinct examiner means the entire prosecution timeline is subject to this individual's current workload.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1 | 63.7% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259826 | BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR READER, SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259826 | BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR READER, SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18259826 | BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR READER, SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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