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
FERRO Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific focus for the company's active patent applications, likely centered on a single chemical or material science innovation. The use of 1 distinct examiner suggests that the company's current workload is manageable through a single point of contact at the patent office. This concentration allows for a consistent prosecution strategy within the chemistry sector.
MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action constitutes the entire pending workload for the company. The examiner's review within this 1 art unit is the sole factor currently influencing the company's patent prosecution outcomes. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination style of this 1 examiner to effectively resolve the 1 pending action. The company's immediate patent success in the Chemistry & Materials sector depends entirely on this single interaction. The resolution of this case will define the company's current standing in the chemical field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17614620 | Dark-Colored, Low-Expansion Fillers | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 19d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17614620 | Dark-Colored, Low-Expansion Fillers | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
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