Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kotsugisya Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MACHNESS, ARIELLA, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The filing is situated in 1 distinct art unit, representing the entirety of the company's current active prosecution. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit within the Chemistry & Materials field suggests a specific technical focus for the active matter.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the prosecution strategy is focused entirely on the 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit involved. Practitioners should review the specific requirements of MACHNESS, ARIELLA to ensure an effective response. The presence of 1 busiest examiner pending action means that current feedback originates from this official. This narrow scope allows for a targeted response strategy without the complexity of managing multiple examiners or art units. The 1 pending office action represents the company's current engagement in this technology area.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1 | 61.9% | +28.5% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872137 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE RESIN SHEET | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18872137 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE RESIN SHEET | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
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