Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Duravit Aktiengesellschaft currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Both of these actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a focused technical scope for their current patent applications. The company is working with 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending action is being handled by a different individual. This distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners means there is no overlap in examiner assignments for the company's current workload.
The busiest examiner, DEERY, ERIN LEAH, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which represents 1 of the company's 2 pending office actions. Because all filings are located within 1 distinct art unit, the company may encounter consistent examination standards despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should note that while the examiners differ, the unified art unit assignment may lead to similar prior art citations or procedural requirements. Managing these 2 pending office actions requires attention to the specific preferences of DEERY, ERIN LEAH and the other assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.3% | +49.1% |
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19089277 | SANITARY DEVICE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19089277 | SANITARY DEVICE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
| 18133206 | SANITARY ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ARTICLE | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19089277 | SANITARY DEVICE | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18133206 | SANITARY ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ARTICLE | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
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