Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz currently manages a company patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. There are 2 pending office actions active within this portfolio. These 2 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, KING, DOUGLAS, is responsible for 1 pending action. This shows that the university's current patent applications are being reviewed by different individuals in separate specialized groups at the patent office.
The use of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions indicates a spread of technical subject matter within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. Practitioners must address the specific concerns of each of the 2 distinct examiners separately. Since the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is balanced across the assigned personnel. This structure means that the 2 pending office actions are proceeding through different channels, and the outcome of 1 may not directly impact the other due to the involvement of different art units and examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, DOUGLAS | 1 | 80.2% | +4.3% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.7% | +37.1% |
| GILL, RACHEL B | 1 | 65.6% | +28.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | KING, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18002374 | Kits and methods for the enrichment and detection of RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251818 | Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof | KWAK, DEAN P | 5d |
| 18002374 | Kits and methods for the enrichment and detection of RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family | GILL, RACHEL B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2824 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18550827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | KING, DOUGLAS | 2824 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18251818 | Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18002374 | Kits and methods for the enrichment and detection of RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family | GILL, RACHEL B | 1671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
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