Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dorf Ketal Chemicals Fze has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Zakiya W Bates is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending action. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a targeted approach to the company's mechanical or transportation-related innovations.
With 1 pending office action, the company's current patenting efforts are focused on a single asset and a single official's review at the USPTO. The involvement of 1 art unit indicates a specific technical scope for the pending matter, allowing for a focused analysis of relevant prior art and classification standards. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements and technical concerns raised by Zakiya W Bates to move this case toward a successful resolution and secure the company's intellectual property.
The concentration of the portfolio into 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means that the company avoids the complexity of managing multiple examiner perspectives. This simplicity allows for a specialized prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical nuances of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. However, the reliance on 1 pending office action also means that the company's current patenting success is dependent on the outcome of this single examination process.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, ZAKIYA W | 1 | 88.9% | -2.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106933 | METHOD TO IMPROVE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE | BATES, ZAKIYA W | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19106933 | METHOD TO IMPROVE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE | BATES, ZAKIYA W | 3674 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
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