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
Es Indorama Ventures Denmark Aps has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current chemistry-related filings are being reviewed by different individuals within the same specialized examination group. The fact that both cases are in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technologies are closely related and subject to the same group-level standards.
MATZEK, MATTHEW D is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 2 distinct examiners handles 1 pending office action, the prosecution is balanced between them. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the precedents and preferences of the 1 distinct art unit handling the cases. This singular focus within the Chemistry & Materials area indicates that the company's current patent efforts are likely directed toward a specific technological niche despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1 | 46.3% | +36.8% |
| GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 29.6% | +37.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18027116 | HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND NONWOVEN FABRIC USING HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 41d |
| 18875160 | FIBER, FIBER FORMED BODY AND FIBER PRODUCT | MATZEK, MATTHEW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18027116 | HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND NONWOVEN FABRIC USING HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 41d |
| 18875160 | FIBER, FIBER FORMED BODY AND FIBER PRODUCT | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875160 | FIBER, FIBER FORMED BODY AND FIBER PRODUCT | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2024 |
| 18027116 | HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND NONWOVEN FABRIC USING HEAT-BONDABLE COMPOSITE FIBER | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Mar 19, 2023 |
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