Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Eugene Technology Co., Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials sector. These matters are assigned to 3 distinct art units, suggesting a focused but multi-faceted approach to material science patenting. The prosecution involves 8 distinct examiners, indicating that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. This high ratio of examiners to actions requires the company to manage a wide variety of examiner-specific requirements and procedural styles.
CHARLEE BENNETT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. Because there are 9 pending actions in total, the reliance on 8 different examiners means the company must adapt to many different perspectives within the Chemistry & Materials field. The presence of 3 distinct art units further suggests that the company's chemical technologies are categorized into several distinct sub-specialties at the patent office. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner handles 2 of the active matters, while the remaining actions are distributed among the other examiners. This distribution across 3 art units requires a versatile prosecution strategy to ensure consistent results across the different technical classifications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (62%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, CHARLEE | 2 | 58.6% | +34.9% |
| TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | 1 | 68.8% | +20.3% |
| HONG, SEAHEE | 1 | 68.7% | +29.6% |
| KACKAR, RAM N | 1 | 40.2% | +57.9% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 1 | 52.8% | +33.9% |
| CHAN, LAUREEN | 1 | 57.6% | +54.5% |
| KLUNK, MARGARET D | 1 | 44.0% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17953817 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 35d |
| 18714906 | LIFT PIN PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | HONG, SEAHEE | — |
| 18416802 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | CHAN, LAUREEN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17953817 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 35d |
| 18852434 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | — |
| 18714906 | LIFT PIN PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | HONG, SEAHEE | — |
| 18416832 | PROCESS GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME | KACKAR, RAM N | — |
| 18416879 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | BENNETT, CHARLEE | — |
| 18416864 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | SWEELY, KURT D | — |
| 18416802 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | CHAN, LAUREEN | — |
| 17522897 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE | KLUNK, MARGARET D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1716 | 3 |
| 1718 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852434 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 18714906 | LIFT PIN PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | HONG, SEAHEE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18416832 | PROCESS GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME | KACKAR, RAM N | 1716 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18416879 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18416864 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | SWEELY, KURT D | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18416802 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | CHAN, LAUREEN | 1716 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 17953817 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17522897 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE | KLUNK, MARGARET D | 1716 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2021 |
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