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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Foss Analytical A/S currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, creating a direct and centralized prosecution path. The activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a specialized group within the patent office. This arrangement allows the applicant to focus their technical arguments on the specific standards used by this 1 art unit.
YOUNG, NATASHA E is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently under review. Because the busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total number of pending actions, this examiner's evaluation will determine the immediate outcome for the company's pending portfolio. Practitioners should analyze the specific trends of this 1 examiner to effectively navigate the requirements of the 1 art unit involved. The success of the 1 pending action depends entirely on addressing the concerns of this single examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1 | 59.6% | +49.2% |
| YOUNG, NATASHA E | 1 | 83.0% | +9.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245440 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIETARY FIBER AND A SAMPLE CONTAINER | YOUNG, NATASHA E | 43d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18245440 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIETARY FIBER AND A SAMPLE CONTAINER | YOUNG, NATASHA E | 1774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
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