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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
DNP FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case is reviewed independently. The portfolio is situated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical concentration despite the examiner variety. RUMMEL, IAN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action under his review.
The ratio of 3 distinct examiners to 3 pending office actions indicates that the workload is fully distributed. RUMMEL, IAN A and the other two examiners each manage 1 pending action. This distribution means that the company must navigate 3 different examiner perspectives. The 2 distinct art units show that the 3 pending actions are not all in the same technical sub-field.
Practitioners should be aware that the 3 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners. This requires a separate approach for each matter. However, the 2 distinct art units suggest that at least two of the actions are related enough to fall under the same classification within Chemistry & Materials. RUMMEL, IAN A is one of the three individuals each handling a single action.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUMMEL, IAN A | 1 | 56.6% | +18.4% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +21.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867271 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | RUMMEL, IAN A | — |
| 18567231 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDED MATTER, RECORDING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 18281463 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDING METHOD USING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867271 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | RUMMEL, IAN A | — |
| 18567231 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDED MATTER, RECORDING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 18281463 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDING METHOD USING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867271 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18567231 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDED MATTER, RECORDING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18281463 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, RECORDING METHOD USING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
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