Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hazen Paper Company is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DODDS, SCOTT. The data identifies DODDS, SCOTT as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a focused technical review for the company's materials-related intellectual property.
The portfolio's current activity is limited to 1 pending office action. Since 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit are responsible for the 1 pending office action, practitioners can concentrate their efforts on a single point of interaction. This 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials area requires an understanding of the specific tendencies of the busiest examiner. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action provides a straightforward path for the current prosecution strategy.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODDS, SCOTT | 1 | 68.1% | +34.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERN METALLIZATION | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERN METALLIZATION | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERN METALLIZATION | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
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