Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Infinium Technology LLC maintains a robust prosecution profile with 8 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical reach within the sector. The busiest examiner, BAHTA, MEDHANIT W, is currently responsible for 3 pending actions. This distribution shows that the company is engaging with multiple points of review at the office, which may lead to varied prosecution outcomes.
With 8 pending office actions, the company faces a complex administrative challenge. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners suggests that the company's patent strategy must be flexible enough to accommodate different examination styles. However, the concentration of 3 pending actions with BAHTA, MEDHANIT W makes this examiner a central figure in the company's current strategy. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the tendencies of this busiest examiner while also monitoring the 4 distinct art units involved.
The presence of multiple art units indicates that the portfolio covers a variety of sub-technologies within Chemistry & Materials. This diversity requires a nuanced approach to prosecution, as different units may have varying interpretations of patentability standards. By managing the pending office actions across such a wide range of examiners, Infinium Technology LLC is positioned to build a diverse patent portfolio, provided they can successfully navigate the specific requirements of each distinct examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 4 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 3 | 80.6% | +28.2% |
| LI, JUN | 2 | 54.6% | +56.8% |
| BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1 | 81.5% | +14.9% |
| PARSA, JAFAR F | 1 | 87.3% | +8.8% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18445173 | PROCESS FOR THE ONE-STEP CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TO LOW-CARBON METHANE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 79d overdue |
| 16602361 | PROCESS AND SOLID SOLUTION CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS FROM LIGHT HYDROCARBONS AND CARBON DIOXIDE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 29d |
| 18445516 | Isothermal Reverse Water Gas Shift Reactor System | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18445376 | One-step process for the production of hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide | PARSA, JAFAR F | — |
| 18445178 | Electrifield stream-methane-reforming reactor and methods of use | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
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.
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18445119 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS AND FUELS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE USING OXYFUEL COMBUSTION | PO, MING CHEUNG | 87d overdue |
| 18445173 | PROCESS FOR THE ONE-STEP CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TO LOW-CARBON METHANE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 79d overdue |
| 16602361 | PROCESS AND SOLID SOLUTION CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS FROM LIGHT HYDROCARBONS AND CARBON DIOXIDE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 29d |
| 17300820 | CO2 hydrogenation catalysts for the commercial production of syngas | LI, JUN | 71d |
| 18445516 | Isothermal Reverse Water Gas Shift Reactor System | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18445227 | CO2 hydrogenation catalysts for the commercial production of syngas | LI, JUN | — |
| 18445178 | Electrifield stream-methane-reforming reactor and methods of use | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1692 | 4 |
| 1732 | 2 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18445516 | Isothermal Reverse Water Gas Shift Reactor System | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1736 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18445376 | One-step process for the production of hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide | PARSA, JAFAR F | 1692 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18445227 | CO2 hydrogenation catalysts for the commercial production of syngas | LI, JUN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18445178 | Electrifield stream-methane-reforming reactor and methods of use | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18445173 | PROCESS FOR THE ONE-STEP CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TO LOW-CARBON METHANE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | §112 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18445119 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS AND FUELS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE USING OXYFUEL COMBUSTION | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 17300820 | CO2 hydrogenation catalysts for the commercial production of syngas | LI, JUN | 1732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Nov 16, 2021 |
| 16602361 | PROCESS AND SOLID SOLUTION CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS FROM LIGHT HYDROCARBONS AND CARBON DIOXIDE | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Sep 23, 2019 |
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