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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Enjet Co. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific technical focus for the portfolio's current activity, allowing for a consistent strategy when addressing the examination standards of that art unit. Practitioners should note that while the art unit is 1, the involvement of the assigned examiners requires attention to individual nuances in how they interpret the technical field.
Examiner YOUNG, WILLIAM D is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action. Because the 2 pending actions are split between the assigned examiners, the workload is distributed at this stage. Practitioners should prepare for consistent examination standards across this art unit while monitoring the individual tendencies of the 2 distinct examiners involved. The presence of these examiners in the assigned unit may lead to internal consistency in prior art citations, even if their individual rejection styles vary. This activity provides a clear path for the company to refine its intellectual property strategy within the Chemistry & Materials domain.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 1 | 54.3% | +15.2% |
| NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1 | 64.9% | +28.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656267 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITION | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656267 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITION | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | — |
| 18656186 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18656267 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITION | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18656186 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
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