Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Innolith Technology AG is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently manages 2 pending office actions. These 2 actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that each pending matter is subject to the individual review of a different examiner, which may influence the overall prosecution timeline.
The workload is also split between 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's innovations within Chemistry & Materials are being classified into different technical subgroups at the patent office. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WHITE, SADIE, who is currently responsible for 1 pending office action.
The fact that the busiest examiner handles 1 pending office action indicates an even split of the workload across the 2 distinct examiners. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company must manage its prosecution strategy to address the specific nuances of each unit. This decentralized structure for 2 pending office actions provides a diverse set of interactions within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 73.2% | +25.3% |
| WHITE, SADIE | 1 | 48.8% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18361513 | SO2-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | WHITE, SADIE | 16d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18361513 | SO2-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | WHITE, SADIE | 16d overdue |
| 18361595 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | 50d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18361595 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | 1728 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18361513 | SO2-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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