Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intabio LLC maintains a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently faces 3 pending office actions distributed across 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the portfolio covers multiple technical sub-sectors within the broader chemistry field. Prosecution is handled by 3 distinct examiners.
Raymond Londale Nimox is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending actions, the workload is split among the assigned patent office staff. This matching count between actions and examiners may simplify communication for practitioners managing these specific cases.
The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that while the examiners are unique for each action, some overlap in departmental oversight exists. Practitioners should monitor how these 3 pending office actions progress through the 2 art units to identify any potential trends in examination within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 1 | 70.6% | +10.0% |
| CHIU, TAK LIANG | 1 | 48.8% | +20.7% |
| GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 1 | 64.4% | +38.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698440 | SOFTWARE FOR MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS INTERFACING WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | — |
| 17920881 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH GAS CHANNELS FOR SAMPLE NEBULIZATION | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18091651 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION | CHIU, TAK LIANG | 23d overdue |
| 18698440 | SOFTWARE FOR MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS INTERFACING WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | — |
| 17920881 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH GAS CHANNELS FOR SAMPLE NEBULIZATION | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698440 | SOFTWARE FOR MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS INTERFACING WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18091651 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION | CHIU, TAK LIANG | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17920881 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH GAS CHANNELS FOR SAMPLE NEBULIZATION | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
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