Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Idemia France has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 pending office actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution involves 3 distinct art units, which reflects the technical variety of the company's chemical and material innovations. ELLIS, SUEZU Y is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that the portfolio is not concentrated under any single examiner, as 4 distinct examiners are involved in the process.
The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent applications are being reviewed by several different specialized technical groups within the chemistry sector. With 4 distinct examiners, the company faces a high degree of variability in examiner behavior and interpretation. ELLIS, SUEZU Y, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, handles only 1 of the 4 pending office actions. This decentralized prosecution landscape requires a coordinated legal strategy to manage the 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units effectively. The diversity of the 3 art units involved highlights the technical scope of Idemia France's current patenting efforts in the Chemistry & Materials field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
| EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 1 | 64.1% | +19.5% |
| ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 1 | 55.5% | +34.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873133 | LAMINATED CARD COMPRISING A THERMOCHROMIC PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CARD | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| 18544573 | FORMATION OF A 3D IMAGE USING A LENTICULAR STRUCTURE | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18323043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT, IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING SUCH AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873133 | LAMINATED CARD COMPRISING A THERMOCHROMIC PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CARD | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| 18544573 | FORMATION OF A 3D IMAGE USING A LENTICULAR STRUCTURE | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18323043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT, IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING SUCH AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873133 | LAMINATED CARD COMPRISING A THERMOCHROMIC PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CARD | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18544573 | FORMATION OF A 3D IMAGE USING A LENTICULAR STRUCTURE | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18323043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT, IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING SUCH AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 1737 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
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