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
Ferdinand Van Heerden has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit and involves 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a very specific technical and administrative focus for the current filings. For an individual or small entity, this concentration can be beneficial as it limits the number of USPTO personnel they must interact with during the patent acquisition process.
Examiner MCNEIL, JENNIFER C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This action represents the total of 1 pending office action for the company. The prosecution is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner, which simplifies the communication and review process for these patent matters. By focusing on the requirements of MCNEIL, JENNIFER C, the applicant can more efficiently address the specific concerns raised in the pending office action.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564269 | PROCESSING OF SEEDS OF FRUIT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564269 | PROCESSING OF SEEDS OF FRUIT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 21d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18564269 | PROCESSING OF SEEDS OF FRUIT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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