Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems is managing 8 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is currently reviewing exactly one matter for the company. This distribution ensures that the workload is spread across many different individuals, providing a wide variety of examiner perspectives on the 8 pending office actions.
The pending matters are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating a relatively broad technical reach within the chemistry field. SCHLEIS, DANIEL J is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that no single examiner dominates the company's current prosecution landscape, although the work is concentrated in 5 distinct art units. For practitioners, this environment requires balancing the specific technical requirements of 5 distinct art units while addressing the individual feedback of 8 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | 1 | 71.8% | +4.9% |
| CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 1 | 49.2% | +35.6% |
| COUSINEAU, CONNOR DANIEL | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1 | 76.4% | +7.8% |
| POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 51.3% | +36.1% |
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.2% | +17.7% |
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 1 | 61.6% | +19.9% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.8% | +19.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877829 | NI-BASE SUPERALLOY | SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | — |
| 18956310 | Method and Control Device for Controlling an Irradiation in a Manufacturing Process for the Additive Manufacturing of Objects | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
| 18856573 | Method and Device for Generating Control Data for a Device for Additive Manufacturing of a Component | COUSINEAU, CONNOR DANIEL | — |
| 18690664 | Sensor arrangement for an apparatus for additive manufacturing, and apparatus therefor, and measuring method on the basis thereof | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
| 18721650 | SUPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — |
| 18292891 | DETECTION OF THE OXIDATION PROGRESS OF METAL CONDENSATE | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — |
| 17770514 | IMPROVED POWDER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | CAI, WENWEN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17796911 | METHOD FOR MODERATING A REACTION OF METAL PARTICLES | HEVEY, JOHN A | 13d |
| 18574875 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 70d |
| 18956310 | Method and Control Device for Controlling an Irradiation in a Manufacturing Process for the Additive Manufacturing of Objects | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
| 18690664 | Sensor arrangement for an apparatus for additive manufacturing, and apparatus therefor, and measuring method on the basis thereof | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
| 18292891 | DETECTION OF THE OXIDATION PROGRESS OF METAL CONDENSATE | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — |
| 17770514 | IMPROVED POWDER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877829 | NI-BASE SUPERALLOY | SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | 1784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18956310 | Method and Control Device for Controlling an Irradiation in a Manufacturing Process for the Additive Manufacturing of Objects | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 1741 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18856573 | Method and Device for Generating Control Data for a Device for Additive Manufacturing of a Component | COUSINEAU, CONNOR DANIEL | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18690664 | Sensor arrangement for an apparatus for additive manufacturing, and apparatus therefor, and measuring method on the basis thereof | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18721650 | SUPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18292891 | DETECTION OF THE OXIDATION PROGRESS OF METAL CONDENSATE | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18574875 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 17796911 | METHOD FOR MODERATING A REACTION OF METAL PARTICLES | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17770514 | IMPROVED POWDER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
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