Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Horiba Advanced Techno Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Despite the different examiners, all prosecution is currently contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the company's chemistry-related applications.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is NGUYEN, SANG H, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly one case. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit implies that while the examiners differ, the procedural and technical standards applied to the 6 pending office actions are likely consistent across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, SANG H | 1 | 88.7% | +11.7% |
| TRAN, TRAN M. | 1 | 74.8% | +23.4% |
| PHAN, TRUONG D | 1 | 68.6% | +16.6% |
| EYASSU, MARRIT | 1 | 73.8% | +15.0% |
| SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1 | 63.5% | +11.9% |
| AKRAM, IMRAN | 1 | 64.7% | +43.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730217 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | NGUYEN, SANG H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684372 | OXYGEN SENSOR, WATER QUALITY MEASURING DEVICE AND OXYGEN MEASURING METHOD | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1d overdue |
| 18702053 | COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE, COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING PROGRAM, AND COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD | TRAN, TRAN M. | — |
| 18884770 | CALIBRATION MECHANISM, SENSOR UNIT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | PHAN, TRUONG D | — |
| 18564875 | ION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND FUEL CELL EVALUATION SYSTEM | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684372 | OXYGEN SENSOR, WATER QUALITY MEASURING DEVICE AND OXYGEN MEASURING METHOD | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1d overdue |
| 18730217 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | NGUYEN, SANG H | — |
| 18702053 | COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE, COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING PROGRAM, AND COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD | TRAN, TRAN M. | — |
| 18884770 | CALIBRATION MECHANISM, SENSOR UNIT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | PHAN, TRUONG D | — |
| 18727898 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING SYSTEM | EYASSU, MARRIT | — |
| 18564875 | ION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND FUEL CELL EVALUATION SYSTEM | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18730217 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | NGUYEN, SANG H | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18702053 | COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE, COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING PROGRAM, AND COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD | TRAN, TRAN M. | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18884770 | CALIBRATION MECHANISM, SENSOR UNIT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | PHAN, TRUONG D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18727898 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING SYSTEM | EYASSU, MARRIT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18684372 | OXYGEN SENSOR, WATER QUALITY MEASURING DEVICE AND OXYGEN MEASURING METHOD | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18564875 | ION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND FUEL CELL EVALUATION SYSTEM | AKRAM, IMRAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
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