Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH manages 5 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, with COOLEY, CHARLES E serving as the busiest examiner by holding 3 pending office actions. There are 0 distinct art units listed for these pending matters.
This distribution shows that while 3 distinct examiners are involved, a majority of the 5 pending office actions are handled by a single individual. Practitioners should note that COOLEY, CHARLES E oversees 3 of the 5 pending office actions, making his review critical to the portfolio's success. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners provides some variety in perspective across the 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOLEY, CHARLES E | 3 | 79.0% | +15.2% |
| MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1 | 60.8% | +38.8% |
| BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1 | 79.3% | +23.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707997 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING PROTEINS FROM HEMP | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — |
| 18689605 | SEPARATOR INSERT, SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING A SEPARATOR INSERT | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| 18688408 | SEPARATION DISC, SEPARATION DISC STACK, AND CENTRIFUGE HAVING SAID SEPERATION DISC STACK | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| 18688409 | PROCESS FOR PROVIDING HYDROGENATED OILS AND/OR FATS | BONAPARTE, AMY C | — |
| 18682173 | CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID CENTRIFUGE | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707997 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING PROTEINS FROM HEMP | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — |
| 18689605 | SEPARATOR INSERT, SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING A SEPARATOR INSERT | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| 18688408 | SEPARATION DISC, SEPARATION DISC STACK, AND CENTRIFUGE HAVING SAID SEPERATION DISC STACK | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| 18688409 | PROCESS FOR PROVIDING HYDROGENATED OILS AND/OR FATS | BONAPARTE, AMY C | — |
| 18682173 | CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID CENTRIFUGE | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18707997 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING PROTEINS FROM HEMP | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18689605 | SEPARATOR INSERT, SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING A SEPARATOR INSERT | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18688408 | SEPARATION DISC, SEPARATION DISC STACK, AND CENTRIFUGE HAVING SAID SEPERATION DISC STACK | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18688409 | PROCESS FOR PROVIDING HYDROGENATED OILS AND/OR FATS | BONAPARTE, AMY C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18682173 | CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID CENTRIFUGE | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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