Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Grtgaz manages a company patent portfolio featuring 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that even with a small number of actions, the portfolio is touching different administrative segments of the office.
KATHERINE A BAREFORD is noted as the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. Since the total number of actions is 2 and there are 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for a single matter. This parity means that no single examiner currently dominates the prosecution landscape for Grtgaz.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the 2 pending office actions may involve different sub-specialties within Chemistry & Materials. Practitioners must navigate the specific cultures of two separate units. The 1 pending action under Bareford represents one of the 2 current active office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.8% | +28.4% |
| HICKS, ANGELISA | 1 | 63.3% | +22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687848 | FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR METAL SURFACE, APPLICATION METHOD, POLYMER FILM, PIPE COMPRISING SUCH A FILM AND USE OF SUCH A FILM AGAINST HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT | BAREFORD, KATHERINE 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687848 | FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR METAL SURFACE, APPLICATION METHOD, POLYMER FILM, PIPE COMPRISING SUCH A FILM AND USE OF SUCH A FILM AGAINST HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18291938 | DEVICE FOR DECOMPRESSION OF A GAS CONTAINER | HICKS, ANGELISA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1782 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18687848 | FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR METAL SURFACE, APPLICATION METHOD, POLYMER FILM, PIPE COMPRISING SUCH A FILM AND USE OF SUCH A FILM AGAINST HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18291938 | DEVICE FOR DECOMPRESSION OF A GAS CONTAINER | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
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