Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Iconex LLC is managing 9 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This indicates that some examiners are handling multiple applications for the company within a limited number of specialized units. The concentration of actions within 3 distinct art units suggests a focused prosecution effort in specific chemical and material science domains.
NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 5 busiest examiner pending actions. This means a majority of the 9 pending office actions are consolidated under a single examiner. The concentration of five actions with one individual while only 3 distinct art units are involved suggests a significant relationship with specific areas of the Chemistry & Materials department. This examiner's decisions will have a substantial impact on the overall success of the company's current patent filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 5 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
| LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 1 | 55.3% | +17.6% |
| POWERS, LAURA C | 1 | 56.3% | +47.5% |
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1 | 51.1% | +44.2% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1 | 45.0% | -13.9% |
| GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 32.3% | +41.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903837 | PIGGYBACK REPLACEMENT LABEL | POWERS, LAURA C | 12d |
| 18951054 | LABELS WITH ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 14d |
| 18365772 | ADHESIVE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PRODUCTS | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 14d |
| 19205681 | SINGLE PLY PIGGYBACK LABEL | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19172089 | Tamper-Evident Label for Beverages | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18657554 | Tamper-Evident Label | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| 18363065 | LABELS WITH HOT MELT ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670109 | Labels with Adhesive Patch Patterns Optimized for Printer Applications | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 8d overdue |
| 18600115 | TWO-PLY CHANNEL LINER, LABEL, AND ROLL | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 8d |
| 18903837 | PIGGYBACK REPLACEMENT LABEL | POWERS, LAURA C | 12d |
| 18951054 | LABELS WITH ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 14d |
| 19205681 | SINGLE PLY PIGGYBACK LABEL | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19172089 | Tamper-Evident Label for Beverages | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 19057795 | Tamper Evident Label for Items | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18657554 | Tamper-Evident Label | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 6 |
| 1785 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205681 | SINGLE PLY PIGGYBACK LABEL | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19172089 | Tamper-Evident Label for Beverages | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19057795 | Tamper Evident Label for Items | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18951054 | LABELS WITH ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18903837 | PIGGYBACK REPLACEMENT LABEL | POWERS, LAURA C | 1785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18670109 | Labels with Adhesive Patch Patterns Optimized for Printer Applications | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18657554 | Tamper-Evident Label | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18600115 | TWO-PLY CHANNEL LINER, LABEL, AND ROLL | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18365772 | ADHESIVE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PRODUCTS | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18363065 | LABELS WITH HOT MELT ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
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