Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 5 distinct examiners, indicating a direct correspondence between the number of pending actions and the number of examiners. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, suggesting a relatively focused technical scope for these active applications.
KELLY, CATHERINE A is identified as the busiest examiner for this company. This specific examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending actions is 5 and there are 5 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed across the assigned personnel. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemistry and materials innovations are being evaluated by a limited number of specialized examination groups.
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 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.3% | +27.7% |
| MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 86.0% | +11.4% |
| PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN | 1 | 56.5% | +21.0% |
| CHIANG, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.7% | +21.6% |
| CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 1 | 83.3% | +27.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19035090 | ROOF SYSTEM | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18630422 | OPEN-ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND A CONTACT-FREE SWITCH THEREFOR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982491 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLEANING ASSEMBLY OF AN EXTERIOR SENSOR MODULE | PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186178 | ROLLER BLIND ASSEMBLY | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 19035090 | ROOF SYSTEM | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18982491 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLEANING ASSEMBLY OF AN EXTERIOR SENSOR MODULE | PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN | — |
| 18733398 | TRANSPARENT ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE ROOF, AND METHOD OF MAKING IT | CHIANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 18630422 | OPEN-ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND A CONTACT-FREE SWITCH THEREFOR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186178 | ROLLER BLIND ASSEMBLY | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19035090 | ROOF SYSTEM | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18982491 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLEANING ASSEMBLY OF AN EXTERIOR SENSOR MODULE | PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18733398 | TRANSPARENT ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE ROOF, AND METHOD OF MAKING IT | CHIANG, MICHAEL | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18630422 | OPEN-ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND A CONTACT-FREE SWITCH THEREFOR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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