Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Klabin S A currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company's active matters are being reviewed by different individuals. This distribution requires the company to manage 2 separate examination styles simultaneously within the same technology sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is VINEIS, FRANK J, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Although there are 2 distinct examiners involved in the portfolio, the workload is split, with the busiest examiner managing 1 of the pending matters. This suggests a distribution of the company's current prosecution efforts across its identified examiners.
The 2 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit is notable because it means that despite having 2 distinct examiners, the technical review is confined to a specialized division of the patent office. The company can benefit from this by developing a consistent technical narrative that aligns with the specific expertise and requirements of this 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINEIS, FRANK J | 1 | 39.9% | +44.8% |
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18770361 | PLASTIC FREE PACKAGING AND USE OF THE PACKAGING FOR MORTARS AND FERTILIZERS | VINEIS, FRANK J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274683 | WHITE TOP KRAFTLINER PAPER, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SAID PAPER, USE OF PAPER AND PACKAGING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 28d overdue |
| 18770361 | PLASTIC FREE PACKAGING AND USE OF THE PACKAGING FOR MORTARS AND FERTILIZERS | VINEIS, FRANK J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18770361 | PLASTIC FREE PACKAGING AND USE OF THE PACKAGING FOR MORTARS AND FERTILIZERS | VINEIS, FRANK J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18274683 | WHITE TOP KRAFTLINER PAPER, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SAID PAPER, USE OF PAPER AND PACKAGING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
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