Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hengst SE is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 3 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, all of whom are located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the 3 pending office actions involve closely related chemical or material technologies. EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.
Because there are 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, each examiner manages exactly one action. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit may lead to more uniform examination results than if the actions were spread across multiple units. Practitioners must navigate the individual preferences of the distinct examiners while adhering to the standards of the 1 distinct art unit. The 3 pending office actions reflect a focused prosecution effort for Hengst SE.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1 | 92.3% | +0.0% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.7% | +13.8% |
| MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1 | 65.8% | +51.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839947 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILTER ELEMENT | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | — |
| 18574345 | RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING A RECIRCULATION FLOW EXITING A FUEL CELL | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18535596 | MICROPLASTIC FILTER FOR A WASHING MACHINE | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574345 | RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING A RECIRCULATION FLOW EXITING A FUEL CELL | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18535596 | MICROPLASTIC FILTER FOR A WASHING MACHINE | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839947 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILTER ELEMENT | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18574345 | RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING A RECIRCULATION FLOW EXITING A FUEL CELL | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18535596 | MICROPLASTIC FILTER FOR A WASHING MACHINE | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 1773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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