Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Levitronix GmbH operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 7 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units, indicating a diverse range of technical subject matter. The 5 distinct art units suggest that the 7 pending office actions are being evaluated by several different specialized groups.
Prosecution involves 6 distinct examiners. GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. The remaining pending actions are distributed among the other distinct examiners. With 7 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the workload is largely decentralized. This distribution across 5 distinct art units and 6 distinct examiners provides a diverse prosecution landscape for the company's current 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL | 2 | 97.7% | -5.8% |
| TRUONG, THOMAS | 1 | 73.4% | +15.8% |
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 1 | 78.2% | +8.4% |
| MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | 1 | 81.3% | +25.6% |
| SECK, AHMED F | 1 | 70.0% | +18.2% |
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.7% |
| FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1 | 47.9% | +16.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35521698 | Centrifugal pump | GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL | — |
| 35521691 | Impeller for centrifugal pump | GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985289 | PUMP UNIT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 12d |
| 18205425 | ROTARY FILTER SYSTEM, A ROTARY FILTER DEVICE AND A SEPARATION SYSTEM | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 70d |
| 19048716 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTARY DRIVE | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| 18862482 | DEVICE FOR ARRANGING ON A FLUID-CONDUCTING LINE AND FOR ATTACHING A FLOWMETER, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MEASUREMENT VARIABLE OF THE FLUID BEING CONDUCTED BY A LINE | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | — |
| 18510321 | EDUCTOR | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18137195 | DEVICE FOR TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION OF A FLUID | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18205425 | ROTARY FILTER SYSTEM, A ROTARY FILTER DEVICE AND A SEPARATION SYSTEM | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 70d |
| 19048716 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTARY DRIVE | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| 18862482 | DEVICE FOR ARRANGING ON A FLUID-CONDUCTING LINE AND FOR ATTACHING A FLOWMETER, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MEASUREMENT VARIABLE OF THE FLUID BEING CONDUCTED BY A LINE | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | — |
| 18931257 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | SECK, AHMED F | — |
| 18510321 | EDUCTOR | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18137195 | DEVICE FOR TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION OF A FLUID | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2964 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048716 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTARY DRIVE | TRUONG, THOMAS | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18985289 | PUMP UNIT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18862482 | DEVICE FOR ARRANGING ON A FLUID-CONDUCTING LINE AND FOR ATTACHING A FLOWMETER, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MEASUREMENT VARIABLE OF THE FLUID BEING CONDUCTED BY A LINE | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18931257 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | SECK, AHMED F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18510321 | EDUCTOR | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 35521698 | Centrifugal pump | GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL | 2964 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 35521691 | Impeller for centrifugal pump | GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL | 2964 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18205425 | ROTARY FILTER SYSTEM, A ROTARY FILTER DEVICE AND A SEPARATION SYSTEM | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18137195 | DEVICE FOR TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION OF A FLUID | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
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