Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Lyon has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, reflecting a distributed prosecution strategy. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD is the busiest examiner for this entity, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
With 2 pending office actions spread across 2 distinct art units, the institution must manage interactions with different segments of the patent office. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for only 2 actions means each examiner is responsible for a single matter. This distribution highlights a lack of examiner concentration for the current pending workload. The institution must therefore address 2 pending office actions by coordinating with 2 distinct examiners across 2 different art units. Each examiner will bring a unique perspective to the Chemistry & Materials claims.
For a patent practitioner, this distribution means that the institution cannot rely on a single examiner relationship to advance its portfolio. The 2 distinct art units may have different technical focuses, requiring tailored arguments for each 1 pending office action. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD is just one of the 2 distinct examiners the institution must satisfy. Successfully navigating 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units requires a versatile legal approach.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1 | 67.1% | +31.9% |
| HOLMES, JANELLE AMBER | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718004 | Process for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, Co-Ratating Twin-Screw Extruder for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, and Corresponding Wood Pellets | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 15d |
| 18576645 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A TURBINE ENGINE | HOLMES, JANELLE AMBER | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718004 | Process for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, Co-Ratating Twin-Screw Extruder for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, and Corresponding Wood Pellets | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18718004 | Process for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, Co-Ratating Twin-Screw Extruder for the Extrusion of Wood Pellets, and Corresponding Wood Pellets | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18576645 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A TURBINE ENGINE | HOLMES, JANELLE AMBER | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
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