Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hollingsworth & Vose Company is currently prosecuting 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, showing a relatively broad spread of review across the patent office. The portfolio is active in 4 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's materials-based innovations are categorized into several different specialized technical groups at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MCKENZIE, THOMAS B, who is currently handling 2 pending office actions. With a total of 8 pending actions, the fact that 7 distinct examiners are involved means that most applications are being reviewed independently. This reduces the impact of any single examiner's specific tendencies on the portfolio as a whole. The 4 distinct art units provide a structured environment for prosecution, though practitioners must still account for the different examination styles of the 7 examiners. The 8 pending office actions represent the current core of the company's active efforts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 3 | 57.3% | +22.6% |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.5% |
| PERRIN, CLARE M | 1 | 68.0% | +42.7% |
| GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1 | 36.0% | +46.4% |
| SON, TAEYOUNG | 1 | 45.7% | +34.0% |
| WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1 | 71.6% | -0.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320109 | MORPHOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 5d |
| 18320083 | MORPHOLOGICALLY ENHANCED, ADSORBENT FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 16d |
| 18793063 | FILTER MEDIA INCLUDING ADHESIVES AND/OR OLEOPHOBIC PROPERTIES | HOPKINS, ROBERT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320109 | MORPHOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 5d |
| 18320083 | MORPHOLOGICALLY ENHANCED, ADSORBENT FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 16d |
| 18678573 | FILTER MEDIA INCLUDING ADHESIVES | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| 18499190 | METHODS OF CALENDARING AND/OR LAMINATING FIBER WEBS | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | — |
| 17744503 | THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS FOR BATTERIES | SON, TAEYOUNG | — |
| 17720908 | HIGH EFFICIENCY FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 3 |
| 1751 | 2 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18793063 | FILTER MEDIA INCLUDING ADHESIVES AND/OR OLEOPHOBIC PROPERTIES | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18678573 | FILTER MEDIA INCLUDING ADHESIVES | PERRIN, CLARE M | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18499190 | METHODS OF CALENDARING AND/OR LAMINATING FIBER WEBS | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18320109 | MORPHOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18320083 | MORPHOLOGICALLY ENHANCED, ADSORBENT FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 17744503 | THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS FOR BATTERIES | SON, TAEYOUNG | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17720908 | HIGH EFFICIENCY FILTER MEDIA | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
| 15839810 | PASTING PAPER FOR BATTERIES COMPRISING MULTIPLE FIBER TYPES | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2017 |
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