Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Derrick Corporation currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different specialist in a different section of the patent office. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is ROYCE, LIAM A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's chemistry and materials innovations are diverse enough to trigger review by multiple specialized groups. With 2 distinct examiners, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. ROYCE, LIAM A handles a portion of the workload, reflecting an even distribution across the current examination staff. This variety in art units and examiners ensures that the 2 pending office actions are evaluated from different technical perspectives. ROYCE, LIAM A is responsible for 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYCE, LIAM A | 1 | 65.6% | +22.1% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 51d overdue |
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 51d overdue |
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
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