Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hach Company manages a portfolio with 8 pending office actions, all situated within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These active actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, which suggests that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the company's current prosecution pipeline. This distribution across 4 distinct art units indicates a broader reach within the chemical and materials sectors than a single-unit portfolio, requiring a more varied approach to patent strategy.
The busiest examiner identified is FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that this individual only handles a small fraction of the total workload, the company's overall prosecution risk is well-diversified. Practitioners must prepare for a variety of examination styles and technical interpretations across the 4 distinct art units to successfully navigate the pending matters. This diversity in the portfolio suggests that the company is pursuing multiple distinct innovations within the Chemistry & Materials field simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 1 | 45.7% | +35.3% |
| BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1 | — | — |
| ALABI, OYELEYE A | 1 | 84.0% | +25.2% |
| IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 1 | 12.5% | +71.4% |
| GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1 | 68.0% | +17.7% |
| WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1 | 78.9% | +5.8% |
| GERIDO, DWAN A | 1 | 58.0% | +30.4% |
| KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18083656 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ASSAYING A LARGE FLUID VOLUME USING FLOW CYTOMETRY | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 4d overdue |
| 18151161 | POTASSIUM MALEATE BUFFER FOR FREE CHLORINE ANALYSIS | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 6d |
| 17950415 | IRON MITIGATION ZINC MEASUREMENT | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | — |
| 17598575 | NON-BLEACHING COLORIMETRIC AND FLUOROMETRIC ANALYTE DETECTION BY DEGRADATION OF SOLIDS | GERIDO, DWAN 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18083656 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ASSAYING A LARGE FLUID VOLUME USING FLOW CYTOMETRY | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 4d overdue |
| 18151161 | POTASSIUM MALEATE BUFFER FOR FREE CHLORINE ANALYSIS | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 6d |
| 16931943 | SP3 SUBSTITUTED CARBON ELECTRODE ANALYSIS | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 15d |
| 18078146 | SILANE-FLUOROPHORE COMPLEX INDICATOR FLUORIDE MEASUREMENT WITH ETHANOL | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 30d |
| 18639371 | ALKENE DETECTION OF OZONE | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | — |
| 17598575 | NON-BLEACHING COLORIMETRIC AND FLUOROMETRIC ANALYTE DETECTION BY DEGRADATION OF SOLIDS | GERIDO, DWAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 3 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18639371 | ALKENE DETECTION OF OZONE | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18440378 | POTASSIUM MEASUREMENT WITH SODIUM GLUCONATE | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18151161 | POTASSIUM MALEATE BUFFER FOR FREE CHLORINE ANALYSIS | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 1797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18083656 | METHODS AND KITS FOR ASSAYING A LARGE FLUID VOLUME USING FLOW CYTOMETRY | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 1653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 18078146 | SILANE-FLUOROPHORE COMPLEX INDICATOR FLUORIDE MEASUREMENT WITH ETHANOL | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
| 17950415 | IRON MITIGATION ZINC MEASUREMENT | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17598575 | NON-BLEACHING COLORIMETRIC AND FLUOROMETRIC ANALYTE DETECTION BY DEGRADATION OF SOLIDS | GERIDO, DWAN A | 1797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2021 |
| 16931943 | SP3 SUBSTITUTED CARBON ELECTRODE ANALYSIS | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 1795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 17, 2020 |
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