Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
George Mason Research Foundation Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners. However, both of these examiners are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentration of the foundation's technical subject matter within a single department of the patent office.
GILL, RACHEL B is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners, the workload is divided, with each examiner responsible for 1 pending office action. This arrangement means the foundation is interacting with the 2 distinct examiners who are likely colleagues within the same art unit.
For the practitioner, the presence of 2 distinct examiners in 1 distinct art unit offers a specific prosecution environment. While each examiner may have a different style, the shared 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technical standards and prior art being applied are likely consistent. Navigating the Chemistry & Materials area requires addressing the specific feedback of GILL, RACHEL B and the other 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, RACHEL B | 1 | 65.6% | +28.3% |
| AMARA, MOHAMED K | 1 | 75.8% | +29.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705295 | Compositions and Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy of Viral Infection | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18036137 | UV COATINGS AND DYES FOR LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION | AMARA, MOHAMED K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705295 | Compositions and Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy of Viral Infection | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| 18036137 | UV COATINGS AND DYES FOR LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION | AMARA, MOHAMED K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18705295 | Compositions and Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy of Viral Infection | GILL, RACHEL B | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18036137 | UV COATINGS AND DYES FOR LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
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