Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hydromecanique Et Frottement currently has 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a focused prosecution status. No specific technology area is provided, which may reflect a specialized filing that is currently the sole active matter for this applicant at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. As this is the only pending action listed, the examiner's personal review style and timeline will be the primary drivers of the case's progress. The presence of 1 pending action and 1 distinct examiner means the applicant can dedicate their resources to addressing the specific concerns of this one official without competing priorities within their own portfolio, simplifying the administrative management of the case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| BAND, MICHAEL A | 1 | 45.0% | +55.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18557430 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITION OF DENSE CHROMIUM ON A SUBSTRATE | BAND, MICHAEL A | 69d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18557430 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITION OF DENSE CHROMIUM ON A SUBSTRATE | BAND, MICHAEL A | 69d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18834054 | METHOD FOR TREATING WASTE WATERS AND RESIDUE SLUDGE BY MEANS OF CARBONATION IN A CHEMICAL INSTALLATION FOR NITRIDATION IN A MOLTEN SALT BATH | ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18557430 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITION OF DENSE CHROMIUM ON A SUBSTRATE | BAND, MICHAEL A | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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