Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fujian Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co. Ltd. manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There are currently 6 pending office actions. This volume indicates a significant amount of active prosecution and engagement with the patent office across several different applications.
The portfolio is distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's rare-earth technology spans several technical sub-fields within the chemistry sector. Having 3 distinct art units involved means the company must navigate different sets of examiner expectations and procedural nuances, requiring a more diverse legal approach than a single-unit portfolio.
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is responsible for 3 pending office actions. With 6 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles 3 of the active matters, making their specific review tendencies a major factor in the company's overall prosecution success. The remaining actions are distributed among the other distinct examiners involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 3 | 51.9% | +36.9% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
| STANLEY, JANE L | 1 | 58.4% | +29.5% |
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.7% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548206 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785041 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL, RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 26d |
| 18546486 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18280725 | MAIN AND AUXILIARY ALLOY-BASED NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18277523 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18277116 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785041 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL, RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 26d |
| 18546486 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18280725 | MAIN AND AUXILIARY ALLOY-BASED NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18277523 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 18277116 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 4 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18546486 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18280725 | MAIN AND AUXILIARY ALLOY-BASED NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2023 |
| 18548206 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18277523 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18277116 | R-T-B MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | STANLEY, JANE L | 1767 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 17785041 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET MATERIAL, RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
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