Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Greenmantra Recycling Technologies Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's intellectual property covers a diverse range of chemical or material classifications. SAVANNAH GRACE PHILLIPS is identified as the busiest examiner for this entity, though this individual is responsible for only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates a decentralized prosecution environment where no single examiner or art unit dominates the current workload.
With 4 distinct examiners involved, practitioners must prepare for different examination styles and potential interpretations of the prior art. The presence of 4 distinct art units further confirms that the 4 pending office actions are likely being evaluated under different technical standards or examination guidelines. Because the busiest examiner pending count is only 1, there is no opportunity to conduct an interview with a single examiner to resolve multiple pending matters simultaneously. Each of the 4 pending office actions will require an independent strategy tailored to the specific examiner and art unit assigned.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1 | — | — |
| JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1 | 49.5% | +32.5% |
| BLAND, ALICIA | 1 | 50.6% | +12.8% |
| COONEY, JOHN M | 1 | 62.8% | +21.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18305967 | Modification of Asphalt Oxidation and Binders with Polymers | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 146d overdue |
| 18515457 | Tire Formulations Containing Products Derived from Depolymerized Polymers | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | — |
| 17493162 | Composition of Styrenic Polymers Derived Through Depolymerization of Polystyrene | BLAND, ALICIA | — |
| 17347154 | Styrenic Polymers Derived from Depolymerised Polystyrene for Use in the Production of Foam Materials and as Melt Flow Modifiers | COONEY, JOHN 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18305967 | Modification of Asphalt Oxidation and Binders with Polymers | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 146d overdue |
| 17493162 | Composition of Styrenic Polymers Derived Through Depolymerization of Polystyrene | BLAND, ALICIA | — |
| 17347154 | Styrenic Polymers Derived from Depolymerised Polystyrene for Use in the Production of Foam Materials and as Melt Flow Modifiers | COONEY, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18515457 | Tire Formulations Containing Products Derived from Depolymerized Polymers | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18305967 | Modification of Asphalt Oxidation and Binders with Polymers | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 17493162 | Composition of Styrenic Polymers Derived Through Depolymerization of Polystyrene | BLAND, ALICIA | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2021 |
| 17347154 | Styrenic Polymers Derived from Depolymerised Polystyrene for Use in the Production of Foam Materials and as Melt Flow Modifiers | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2021 |
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