Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dipsol Chemicals Co. Ltd. manages a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently includes 3 pending office actions, which are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's innovations span multiple technical classifications within the broader Chemistry & Materials field.
The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, matching the total count of 3 pending office actions. This means that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual, which can lead to varied prosecution experiences. With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the practitioner must manage multiple administrative relationships and technical standards simultaneously.
JANSSEN, REBECCA is the busiest examiner, handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action is one of the 3 pending office actions currently active for the company. Practitioners should coordinate their strategies across the 2 distinct art units while addressing the specific feedback provided by JANSSEN, REBECCA and the other 2 distinct examiners.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1 | 60.4% | +28.3% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.4% | +22.9% |
| COHEN, BRIAN W | 1 | 54.8% | +47.6% |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259579 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTROPLATING ARTICLE WITH METAL | RUFO, LOUIS J | 14d |
| 18723244 | CHEMICAL TREATMENT LIQUID AND METHOD FOR CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF TARGET METAL MATERIAL | JANSSEN, REBECCA | — |
| 17264405 | TIN ALLOY ELECTROPLATING BATH AND PLATING METHOD USING SAME | COHEN, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723244 | CHEMICAL TREATMENT LIQUID AND METHOD FOR CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF TARGET METAL MATERIAL | JANSSEN, REBECCA | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18259579 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTROPLATING ARTICLE WITH METAL | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 17264405 | TIN ALLOY ELECTROPLATING BATH AND PLATING METHOD USING SAME | COHEN, BRIAN W | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2021 |
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