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
K-Fee System GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners and are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's current filings are being reviewed in different technical groups.
SMITH, CHAIM A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. Since there are pending office actions in total, the workload is divided between the distinct examiners. Practitioners should consider how the 2 distinct art units' specific guidelines might influence the pending office actions differently under each examiner. This distribution across multiple groups requires a comprehensive understanding of the Chemistry & Materials sector. Ensuring that arguments remain consistent across the examiners is vital for a cohesive prosecution strategy. The company must navigate the unique requirements of each art unit to achieve successful outcomes.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, CHAIM A | 1 | 39.2% | +51.2% |
| AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1 | 13.2% | +25.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579731 | Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580306 | Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule | SMITH, CHAIM A | — |
| 18579731 | Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18580306 | Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule | SMITH, CHAIM A | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18579731 | Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule | AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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