Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gerflor is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being handled by a different person. Despite the multiple examiners, all 3 actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is NGUYEN, CHI Q, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split, with each examiner managing exactly one action. This structure suggests that while the technical focus is narrow enough to stay within 1 distinct art unit, the specific applications are assigned to different individuals.
Practitioners should note the consistency provided by the 1 distinct art unit. While they must interact with 3 distinct examiners, the underlying examination standards and internal art unit policies are likely to be uniform across the 3 pending office actions. This can help in developing a cohesive strategy for the Chemistry & Materials portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.5% | +14.9% |
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 1 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +17.2% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 61.4% | +28.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19171570 | PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18725715 | FLOOR OR WALL COVERING PANEL WITH INCREASED RESISTANCE TO DISASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18814123 | Traction Synthetic Flooring Apparatus | FERENCE, JAMES M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18146098 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE FOR THE REALIZATION OF A FLOOR COVERING WITH ACOUSTIC INSULATION PROPERTIES | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 45d overdue |
| 19171570 | PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18725715 | FLOOR OR WALL COVERING PANEL WITH INCREASED RESISTANCE TO DISASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18814123 | Traction Synthetic Flooring Apparatus | FERENCE, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19171570 | PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18725715 | FLOOR OR WALL COVERING PANEL WITH INCREASED RESISTANCE TO DISASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18814123 | Traction Synthetic Flooring Apparatus | FERENCE, JAMES M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18146098 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE FOR THE REALIZATION OF A FLOOR COVERING WITH ACOUSTIC INSULATION PROPERTIES | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
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