Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
De' Longhi Appliances S R L Con Unico Socio has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and are situated within 2 distinct art units. This structure indicates a focused but slightly divided prosecution strategy across different technical groups.
The busiest examiner, ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Given that there are 4 pending office actions in total and 3 distinct examiners, the concentration of actions under ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T makes this examiner a central figure in the company's current patent examination. This examiner's workload is significant relative to the 2 distinct art units currently active.
With the distinct art units involved, the company's 4 pending office actions are not entirely centralized. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners across these units suggests that the company must manage multiple examiner relationships to resolve its current pending matters within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 2 | 55.4% | +25.2% |
| TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | 1 | 42.6% | +48.6% |
| DANG, KET D | 1 | 61.5% | +37.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703276 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COFFEE BEVERAGES | TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | — |
| 18703241 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | — |
| 18703187 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | — |
| 18034704 | Machine for Preparing Coffee Beverages | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703276 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COFFEE BEVERAGES | TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | — |
| 18703241 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | — |
| 18703187 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | — |
| 18034704 | Machine for Preparing Coffee Beverages | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 3 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18703276 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COFFEE BEVERAGES | TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18703241 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18703187 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 1792 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18034704 | Machine for Preparing Coffee Beverages | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2023 |
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