Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these 2 actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This consolidation suggests that the pending applications are closely related in subject matter. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved indicates a specialized focus within the transportation and mechanical systems field. The concentration of the portfolio means that all current prosecution activity is limited to 1 point of contact.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KONERU, SUJAY, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Because the total number of pending actions is 2, this 1 examiner is handling the active prosecution. This creates a situation where the company's immediate patent prospects in this area are subject to the review of 1 individual. This centralization simplifies the coordination of responses but makes the outcome of the company's patent efforts dependent on KONERU, SUJAY's perspective. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements and preferences of this 1 examiner to advance the 2 pending applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 2 | 52.5% | +8.4% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 1 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
| TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 1 | 10.0% | -14.3% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.2% | +43.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18616794 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 7d |
| 18804547 | COMPACTION IMPACTS ON A LEACH STOCKPILE | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 71d |
| 19537824 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL USING ALKYL THIOSULFONATES | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| 18400920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONCILIATION IN MINE PLANNING | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18347331 | CHAIN-INSTALL APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 42d |
| 19537824 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL USING ALKYL THIOSULFONATES | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19537824 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL USING ALKYL THIOSULFONATES | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 18804547 | COMPACTION IMPACTS ON A LEACH STOCKPILE | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18616794 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEACHING A METAL-BEARING MATERIAL | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18400920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONCILIATION IN MINE PLANNING | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18347331 | CHAIN-INSTALL APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
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