Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Grirem Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and multiple art units. This total lack of overlap between examiners suggests that the company's pending applications cover diverse technical subjects within the broader field, requiring a wide range of expertise to manage.
BAND, MICHAEL A is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are several pending office actions in total, the workload is split among the distinct examiners. Each examiner is operating within a different art unit, requiring a tailored approach for each individual matter to address the specific requirements of each unit.
The distribution of active cases across the distinct art units indicates a fragmented prosecution landscape. Practitioners must engage with different examiners, including BAND, MICHAEL A, each of whom is the sole representative for the company's matters in their respective units. This requires managing separate sets of examiner expectations and procedural nuances within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAND, MICHAEL A | 1 | 45.0% | +55.6% |
| LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 1 | 78.2% | +22.2% |
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1 | 54.3% | +50.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18027044 | CERIUM-ZIRCONIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE HAVING GRADIENT ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 134d overdue |
| 19057066 | CO-SPUTTERING RARE EARTH ROTATING TARGET MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREFOR | BAND, MICHAEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18027044 | CERIUM-ZIRCONIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE HAVING GRADIENT ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 134d overdue |
| 19057066 | CO-SPUTTERING RARE EARTH ROTATING TARGET MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREFOR | BAND, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18027041 | Cerium-zirconium-based composite oxide with core-shell structure and preparation method thereof | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057066 | CO-SPUTTERING RARE EARTH ROTATING TARGET MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREFOR | BAND, MICHAEL A | 1794 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18027044 | CERIUM-ZIRCONIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE HAVING GRADIENT ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 134d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18027041 | Cerium-zirconium-based composite oxide with core-shell structure and preparation method thereof | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
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