Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
Domtar Paper Company LLC currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current filings cover different technical classifications, requiring engagement with multiple specialized examination groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CALANDRA, ANTHONY J, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending actions, the workload is split. This 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to actions means the company must manage 2 separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further indicates that the 2 pending office actions are being processed in different administrative environments.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| HELVEY, PETER N. | 1 | 54.6% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF STARCH-LOADED FIBRILLATED FIBERS | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18501527 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS INCORPORATING EXTENSIBLE PAPER | HELVEY, PETER N. | 42d |
| 18511020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF STARCH-LOADED FIBRILLATED FIBERS | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18511020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF STARCH-LOADED FIBRILLATED FIBERS | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18501527 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS INCORPORATING EXTENSIBLE PAPER | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
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