Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Erie Group International Inc. maintains a company patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently shows 1 pending office action. This specific matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A. The prosecution footprint is limited to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated examination environment. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This alignment between the 1 pending office action and the busiest examiner's workload confirms that all current USPTO engagement is managed by a single individual. For a patent practitioner, this concentration suggests that the outcome of the current portfolio activity depends entirely on the interpretation of 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The Chemistry & Materials focus remains consistent across this singular point of contact. This lack of examiner diversity requires a highly tailored approach to the specific preferences of the assigned official. Practitioners should prepare for a focused dialogue within this specific art unit to advance the pending matter.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 2 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 46d overdue |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 46d overdue |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
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