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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kohoku Kogyo Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit, showing the technical focus of the current portfolio. However, the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners, providing different perspectives within the same art unit. This structure means that even within a single technical group, the company faces different examination styles. Practitioners should be aware that the pending office actions require tailored responses for each examiner.
The busiest examiner, DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners, each individual is handling a portion of the active workload. This distribution suggests that the technical group is a point of consistency for the portfolio. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the Chemistry & Materials area while addressing the individual feedback from the examiners. The current active footprint is defined by the pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1 | 55.0% | +25.3% |
| THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 1 | 72.4% | +23.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866170 | MOLDED BODY MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | — |
| 18843518 | FAN-IN/FAN-OUT DEVICE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866170 | MOLDED BODY MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | — |
| 18843518 | FAN-IN/FAN-OUT DEVICE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866170 | MOLDED BODY MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18843518 | FAN-IN/FAN-OUT DEVICE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
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