Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
JSP Corporation has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, showing a concentrated but slightly distributed review process. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units, reflecting some technical variety in the pending applications.
KRYLOVA, IRINA is the busiest examiner, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This means that while 5 distinct examiners are involved, she handles 2 of the 6 pending office actions. Most cases have a unique reviewer since there are 5 distinct examiners for the 6 pending office actions.
The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests the Chemistry & Materials work is focused on a few specific sub-sectors. This structure requires the company to manage relationships across 3 different art units while dealing with a small group of personnel. Practitioners should note that the 2 pending office actions under KRYLOVA, IRINA represent the highest concentration of work with a single examiner.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 2 | 36.7% | +48.5% |
| LIANG, SHIBIN | 1 | 62.8% | +17.0% |
| BELUNIS, THOMAS JAMES | 1 | — | — |
| RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1 | 49.5% | +53.8% |
| RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1 | 45.8% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558025 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULAR POLYOLEFIN-BASED PLASTIC PARTICLES | KRYLOVA, IRINA | — |
| 18240196 | EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS AND EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS MOLDED ARTICLE | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18349308 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN EXPANDED BEAD AND MOLDED ARTICLE OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN EXPANDED BEADS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 27d |
| 18656664 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEADS | LIANG, SHIBIN | — |
| 18392071 | MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEADS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | RIOJA, MELISSA A | — |
| 18558025 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULAR POLYOLEFIN-BASED PLASTIC PARTICLES | KRYLOVA, IRINA | — |
| 18240196 | EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS AND EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS MOLDED ARTICLE | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18656664 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEADS | LIANG, SHIBIN | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18700608 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN FOAM PARTICLES | BELUNIS, THOMAS JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18392071 | MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEADS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | RIOJA, MELISSA A | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18558025 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULAR POLYOLEFIN-BASED PLASTIC PARTICLES | KRYLOVA, IRINA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18240196 | EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS AND EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN BEADS MOLDED ARTICLE | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18349308 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN EXPANDED BEAD AND MOLDED ARTICLE OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN EXPANDED BEADS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
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