Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kh Neochem Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diverse examination environment for their chemical innovations. This distribution suggests that the company's patent applications are being evaluated by multiple teams within the USPTO, potentially leading to varied prosecution timelines.
HINES, LATOSHA D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With several examiners involved for the pending matters, the company faces a unique examiner for every application. This requires the applicant to manage separate examiner relationships and adapt to the specific preferences and rejection patterns of each individual, rather than benefiting from a consolidated examination process.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units further complicates the prosecution landscape, as it implies that the pending office actions fall under different technical classifications. Practitioners should be prepared for potential inconsistencies in how similar chemical concepts might be treated across these different units. The current data reflects a portfolio that is spread across the USPTO's organizational structure, necessitating a broad and flexible legal strategy.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 1 | 51.2% | +21.7% |
| BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1 | 80.6% | +28.2% |
| BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1 | 76.8% | +30.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688204 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF PRODUCT 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698933 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HIGH-PURITY 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698933 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HIGH-PURITY 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
| 18688204 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF PRODUCT 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
| 18255451 | Method for Producing Aldehyde | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698933 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HIGH-PURITY 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1772 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18688204 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF PRODUCT 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18255451 | Method for Producing Aldehyde | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1623 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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