Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecole Nationale Superieure De Chimie De Montpellier (Enscm) currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This application is assigned to a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Prosecution is currently centralized, with the entirety of the active pipeline funneling through a specific point of contact at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NGUYEN, HENRY H, who is responsible for the busiest examiner pending office action. The university's current patent activity is focused on this matter, which is being reviewed within a specific chemical art unit. This arrangement simplifies the prosecution process by limiting the number of examiner interactions required for the portfolio.
Practitioners should note that the alignment of the pending matter within the Chemistry & Materials sector ensures that the examination is conducted by a specialist in the field. The focus on a single examiner and art unit provides a streamlined prosecution environment. This structure minimizes the complexity often associated with managing multiple examiner relationships across different technical units at the USPTO.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1 | 42.7% | +47.7% |
| CREWS, JARET JAMES | 1 | 44.7% | +70.3% |
| KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1 | 49.7% | +15.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288397 | MALTOSIDE-, LACTOBIONAMIDE-, MONOGLUCOSIDE-, BRANCHED DIGLUCOSIDE-, SULFOBETAINE-, SULFATE- OR AMINOOXIDE-BASED PERFLUORINATED DETERGENTS AND THEIR USE IN MEMBRANE-PROTEINS APPLICATIONS | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 9d overdue |
| 17999346 | FORMULATIONS FOR METAL CATALYSIS IN WATER COMPRISING A SURFACTANT AND A LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698796 | DEGRADABLE INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM FOR THE PROLONGED RELEASE OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN THE UTERINE CAVITY | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 17d overdue |
| 18288397 | MALTOSIDE-, LACTOBIONAMIDE-, MONOGLUCOSIDE-, BRANCHED DIGLUCOSIDE-, SULFOBETAINE-, SULFATE- OR AMINOOXIDE-BASED PERFLUORINATED DETERGENTS AND THEIR USE IN MEMBRANE-PROTEINS APPLICATIONS | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 9d overdue |
| 17999346 | FORMULATIONS FOR METAL CATALYSIS IN WATER COMPRISING A SURFACTANT AND A LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698796 | DEGRADABLE INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM FOR THE PROLONGED RELEASE OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN THE UTERINE CAVITY | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18288397 | MALTOSIDE-, LACTOBIONAMIDE-, MONOGLUCOSIDE-, BRANCHED DIGLUCOSIDE-, SULFOBETAINE-, SULFATE- OR AMINOOXIDE-BASED PERFLUORINATED DETERGENTS AND THEIR USE IN MEMBRANE-PROTEINS APPLICATIONS | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 1691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 17999346 | FORMULATIONS FOR METAL CATALYSIS IN WATER COMPRISING A SURFACTANT AND A LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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