Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Flambeau Diagnostics LLC maintains a small but diverse prosecution profile within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions, which are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that the company is engaging with multiple technical reviewers simultaneously. Furthermore, the portfolio involves 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the pending matters cover different specialized niches within the broader chemical and materials field. Managing 2 distinct art units requires a strategy that can adapt to the different procedural expectations and technical standards of each unit.
The busiest examiner for Flambeau Diagnostics LLC is SHI, TINGCHEN, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split between the 2 distinct examiners, with SHI, TINGCHEN handling one of them. This structure reduces the company's reliance on any single examiner's interpretation. Navigating 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners requires a prosecution approach that addresses the specific technical nuances of each individual matter. The presence of multiple examiners and units suggests a broader technical reach than a single-examiner portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHI, TINGCHEN | 1 | 69.7% | +24.5% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1 | 68.3% | +52.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18387625 | STABLE INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SHI, TINGCHEN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18387625 | STABLE INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SHI, TINGCHEN | — |
| 18289354 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18387625 | STABLE INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SHI, TINGCHEN | 1796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18289354 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
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