Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Esseco S R L is currently navigating the patent prosecution process within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's current activity is characterized by a minimal volume of outstanding matters, specifically 1 pending office action. This suggests a selective or early-stage approach to their current intellectual property development in this sector, requiring careful management of each filing.
The administrative footprint of this portfolio is concentrated within the patent office, utilizing a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. This level of focus implies that the company's current technical claims are being evaluated within a specific regulatory environment. MCNEIL, JENNIFER C is the busiest examiner associated with the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since this examiner handles the entirety of the company's pending actions, the relationship with this specific official is the primary factor in the company's current patent acquisition efforts and overall strategy.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 23.9% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548735 | FUNCTIONALIZED MACROPARTICLES OF MESOPOROUS SILICA FOR PROTEIN STABILIZATION AND METAL REMOVAL FROM A BEVERAGE | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 15d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548735 | FUNCTIONALIZED MACROPARTICLES OF MESOPOROUS SILICA FOR PROTEIN STABILIZATION AND METAL REMOVAL FROM A BEVERAGE | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 15d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18548735 | FUNCTIONALIZED MACROPARTICLES OF MESOPOROUS SILICA FOR PROTEIN STABILIZATION AND METAL REMOVAL FROM A BEVERAGE | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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