Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dalian Polytechnic University has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and several distinct art units. This distribution shows that each pending application is being reviewed by a different examiner in a separate technical group. The involvement of multiple art units suggests that the university's chemistry and materials research spans different specialized classifications.
CHAWLA, JYOTI is the busiest examiner for the university, with 1 pending office action. This accounts for a portion of the 2 pending office actions in the current portfolio. For those managing these filings, the use of multiple distinct examiners requires attention to different individual prosecution styles. Since there are multiple art units, the prior art and examination standards may vary between the two pending matters.
Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific tendencies of each examiner and the requirements of their respective art units. The Chemistry & Materials field often presents complex technical hurdles, and having cases distributed this way prevents a single examiner's perspective from dominating the portfolio. A case-by-case strategy is essential for navigating the distinct prior art landscapes encountered in each art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1 | 52.7% | +30.3% |
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1 | 36.7% | +53.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18589595 | Rhodotorula Capable of Efficiently Degrading Ethyl Carbamate and Application Thereof | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18589595 | Rhodotorula Capable of Efficiently Degrading Ethyl Carbamate and Application Thereof | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 70d |
| 18746247 | Method for Preparing Easy-to-Swallow Composite Gel based on High-pressure Shear Induction | CHAWLA, JYOTI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18746247 | Method for Preparing Easy-to-Swallow Composite Gel based on High-pressure Shear Induction | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18589595 | Rhodotorula Capable of Efficiently Degrading Ethyl Carbamate and Application Thereof | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
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