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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Granbio Intellectual Property Holdings LLC currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action.
The fact that 2 distinct examiners are working within 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technological focus for the portfolio. For practitioners, this means that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are likely applying the standards of the same administrative group. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates an active prosecution phase for the company.
Monitoring the decisions of KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH and the other examiner will be crucial for understanding the strategy in the Chemistry & Materials field. The resolution of these 2 pending office actions will provide a clearer picture of the company's standing in the patent office. Practitioners should coordinate their responses to ensure consistency across the 1 distinct art unit involved.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1 | 45.9% | +47.5% |
| EASHOO, MARK | 1 | 37.3% | +35.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18668354 | NANOCELLULOSE-POLYMER COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18668354 | NANOCELLULOSE-POLYMER COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — |
| 17800243 | NANOCELLULOSE DISPERSION COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CARBON BLACK FOR TIRE APPLICATIONS | EASHOO, MARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18668354 | NANOCELLULOSE-POLYMER COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 17800243 | NANOCELLULOSE DISPERSION COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CARBON BLACK FOR TIRE APPLICATIONS | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2022 |
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