Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Gerhard Meyer maintains 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused approach to his current filings. WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for the 1 pending office action. This singular focus within one art unit and under one examiner means the current intellectual property matters are subject to a single point of review.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action is subject to the specific examination style of WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is specialized within the Chemistry & Materials sector. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the applicant can maintain a consistent prosecution strategy for his active filings. This streamlined structure avoids the complexities of navigating multiple art units or examiner preferences.
The fact that the busiest examiner is responsible for the only pending matter simplifies the management of the intellectual property. Successful prosecution will depend on addressing the specific concerns raised by the single examiner in this technical field. This centralized structure provides a clear and singular point of contact for the active intellectual property matters at the patent office within the Chemistry & Materials area.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1 | 44.2% | +44.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722408 | FIRE PROTECTION LAYER COMPOSITE FOR USE AS PREVENTIVE FIRE PROTECTION MATERIAL | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722408 | FIRE PROTECTION LAYER COMPOSITE FOR USE AS PREVENTIVE FIRE PROTECTION MATERIAL | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18722408 | FIRE PROTECTION LAYER COMPOSITE FOR USE AS PREVENTIVE FIRE PROTECTION MATERIAL | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
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