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
Forward Engineering GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HEINCER, LIAM J. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical review for this chemistry filing.
HEINCER, LIAM J is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's current patent office activity is concentrated. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's active docket in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The use of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the subject matter of the 1 pending office action falls within a specific chemical specialty. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the examination style of HEINCER, LIAM J. With 1 pending office action, the portfolio's immediate administrative needs are centered within the 1 distinct art unit and the assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.3% | +17.5% |
| HEINCER, LIAM J | 1 | 55.8% | +26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18726857 | CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION BASED ON AN ELASTOMER-CONTAINING POWDER OR GRANULE, AND ELASTOMER COMPOUNDS AND ARTICLES OBTAINABLE THEREFROM | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842072 | PRESSED PRODUCTS MADE OF A CROSSLINKABLE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND FURTHER PROCESSING THEREOF TO PRODUCE ELASTOMER-BASED MOULDED BODIES | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 18726857 | CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION BASED ON AN ELASTOMER-CONTAINING POWDER OR GRANULE, AND ELASTOMER COMPOUNDS AND ARTICLES OBTAINABLE THEREFROM | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18842072 | PRESSED PRODUCTS MADE OF A CROSSLINKABLE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND FURTHER PROCESSING THEREOF TO PRODUCE ELASTOMER-BASED MOULDED BODIES | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18726857 | CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITION BASED ON AN ELASTOMER-CONTAINING POWDER OR GRANULE, AND ELASTOMER COMPOUNDS AND ARTICLES OBTAINABLE THEREFROM | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialForward Engineering GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Timothy J Kennedy has the most, with 1 of Forward Engineering GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.