Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kctech Co. Ltd. currently has 8 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are being reviewed by 7 distinct examiners, which shows that applications are being handled by different individuals. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for the diverse perspectives of the patent office staff members.
The portfolio's activity is organized across 3 distinct art units. This suggests that while there are multiple examiners, the technical focus of the applications falls into specialized categories. Navigating these 3 art units effectively is a factor for maintaining a cohesive prosecution strategy across the 8 active files.
AHMED, SHAMIM is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 busiest examiner pending actions currently under review. While this examiner holds the highest individual count, the overall workload remains decentralized across the distinct examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the art units to ensure consistent results across the various pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (11%) |
| §103 only | 5 (56%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SHAMIM | 2 | 78.4% | +22.2% |
| BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1 | 76.5% | +30.6% |
| CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 63.7% | +51.5% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.6% | +31.9% |
| SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 1 | 56.7% | +19.1% |
| RIVERA, CARLOS A | 1 | 77.3% | +29.2% |
| MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1 | 58.5% | +16.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938313 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18079883 | SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT FOR ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 29d |
| 19045598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING TILT OF BRUSH FOR CLEANING WAFER | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — |
| 18715108 | POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18702791 | HIGH-PRECISION SUBSTRATE POLISHING SYSTEM | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18088607 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR METAL FILM FOR CONTACT PROCESS | AHMED, SHAMIM | 23d |
| 18079883 | SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT FOR ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 29d |
| 19045598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING TILT OF BRUSH FOR CLEANING WAFER | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — |
| 18715108 | POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18702791 | HIGH-PRECISION SUBSTRATE POLISHING SYSTEM | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| 18469540 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18140977 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAINING METHOD, AND TRAINING APPARATUS BASED ON THICKNESS ESTIMATION OF WAFER SUBSTRATE | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18136834 | HIGH-PRECISION SUBSTRATE POLISHING SYSTEM | RIVERA, CARLOS A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 3 |
| 1713 | 2 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19045598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING TILT OF BRUSH FOR CLEANING WAFER | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18938313 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18715108 | POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITION | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18702791 | HIGH-PRECISION SUBSTRATE POLISHING SYSTEM | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18469540 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18140977 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAINING METHOD, AND TRAINING APPARATUS BASED ON THICKNESS ESTIMATION OF WAFER SUBSTRATE | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18136834 | HIGH-PRECISION SUBSTRATE POLISHING SYSTEM | RIVERA, CARLOS A | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18088607 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR METAL FILM FOR CONTACT PROCESS | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Dec 25, 2022 |
| 18079883 | SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT FOR ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITION | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1767 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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