Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institute Of Rock And Soil Mechanics Chinese Academy Of Sciences has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action.
With 1 pending office action, the institute's current patent office engagement is minimal and focused. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy must be tailored to the specific tendencies of that individual. There are no other active examiners or art units to provide a broader perspective on how the patent office is treating the institute's applications, making the outcome of this 1 pending action a primary focus for the portfolio. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE to ensure the most efficient path to allowance. Since the portfolio is currently restricted to 1 distinct art unit, the examiner's interpretation of the prior art in this specific field will be the deciding factor for the success of the pending application. This concentrated activity requires a precise and well-supported response to the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 1 | 66.3% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18347529 | SALT CAVERN FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 57d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18347529 | SALT CAVERN FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 57d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18347529 | SALT CAVERN FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 1721 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
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