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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exentis Knowledge GmbH is currently overseeing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is highly focused, involving only a single distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The examiner assigned to this matter is BARTLETT, VICTORIA, who is responsible for the pending action currently active in the portfolio.
The concentration of the portfolio into a single distinct art unit within Chemistry & Materials indicates a specific technical niche for the company's current patent applications. Because BARTLETT, VICTORIA is the only examiner involved, the company's immediate prosecution success depends on resolving the specific issues she has raised in the 1 pending office action. This singular focus allows for a dedicated response strategy without the need to manage multiple examiner styles or art unit guidelines.
For practitioners, the existence of the pending office action means that the primary objective is to move this single application toward allowance. The fact that the work is limited to a single distinct art unit and a single distinct examiner simplifies the administrative oversight required. Successfully addressing the matter with BARTLETT, VICTORIA is the central task for the company's current efforts in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.3% | +30.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015134 | 3D SCREEN PRINTING FACILITY AND 3D SCREEN PRINTING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHAPED ARTICLE | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015134 | 3D SCREEN PRINTING FACILITY AND 3D SCREEN PRINTING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHAPED ARTICLE | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
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