Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Instituto Superior Técnico is currently handling 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing a decentralized prosecution structure for the current portfolio. The busiest examiner, SONG, MATTHEW J, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual. For practitioners, this requires managing two separate examiner relationships and styles simultaneously.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's research in Chemistry & Materials spans different specialized classifications. Because 2 distinct examiners are involved, the applicant must ensure that arguments made in one case do not negatively impact the other. SONG, MATTHEW J manages 1 pending office action, representing half of the current workload. This split focus means that the company must be prepared for potentially different examination timelines and outcomes. With 2 pending office actions, the portfolio allows for detailed attention to each examiner's specific concerns while navigating the nuances of 2 distinct art units.
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%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONG, MATTHEW J | 1 | 60.4% | +13.9% |
| NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1 | 55.9% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18263373 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ROLLS AND MEMBRANES OF SUBMICROMETRIC THICKNESS OF GA2O3 BY ION IMPLANTATION | SONG, MATTHEW J | — |
| 17787316 | METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF NON-PERIODIC SIGNALS AND THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEM THAT IMPLEMENTS IT | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18263373 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ROLLS AND MEMBRANES OF SUBMICROMETRIC THICKNESS OF GA2O3 BY ION IMPLANTATION | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 17787316 | METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF NON-PERIODIC SIGNALS AND THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEM THAT IMPLEMENTS IT | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1686 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2022 |
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