Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
John Cockerill S A currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio is also distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the examiners are working in different technical groups at the patent office. This distribution provides exposure to different examination environments.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KITT, STEPHEN A, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is split. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units allows the company to receive feedback from different perspectives across the technical specialties. The 1 busiest examiner pending action for KITT, STEPHEN A represents a portion of the total pending workload.
In the Chemistry & Materials sector, having 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units suggests a development of technology across multiple areas. The 2 distinct examiners provide diversity in the examination process. This structure for the 2 pending office actions means that the company must navigate the specific standards of 2 distinct art units while addressing the individual concerns of 2 distinct examiners, including KITT, STEPHEN A.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KITT, STEPHEN A | 1 | 54.7% | +38.7% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.4% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18365255 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING A METAL ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITED ON A CATHODE | RUFO, LOUIS J | 14d |
| 18862969 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR APPLYING A LIQUID COATING TO A STRIP MOVING CONTINOUSLY AND TRAVELLING DOWNWARDS | KITT, STEPHEN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18365255 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING A METAL ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITED ON A CATHODE | RUFO, LOUIS J | 14d |
| 18862969 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR APPLYING A LIQUID COATING TO A STRIP MOVING CONTINOUSLY AND TRAVELLING DOWNWARDS | KITT, STEPHEN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862969 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR APPLYING A LIQUID COATING TO A STRIP MOVING CONTINOUSLY AND TRAVELLING DOWNWARDS | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18365255 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING A METAL ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITED ON A CATHODE | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
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