Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leydenjar Technologies B V has 3 pending office actions in its patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the applications are technically related and being reviewed by the same specialized group. This concentration within 1 unit allows for a consistent application of examination standards across the company's active filings in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is MCCARTY, PATRICK M, who is currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. Since there are 3 pending actions in total, MCCARTY, PATRICK M is responsible for the majority of the company's current pending workload. The remaining 1 action is handled by the other distinct examiner. This distribution indicates that MCCARTY, PATRICK M has a significant influence on the company's current prosecution outcomes, as this examiner manages two-thirds of the active cases.
The concentration of 3 pending actions in 1 distinct art unit is a key detail for practitioners. It implies that the examiners likely follow the same unit-level policies and supervisory guidelines. The fact that MCCARTY, PATRICK M handles 2 of the 3 pending actions suggests that the applicant should prioritize understanding this examiner's specific review style. This streamlined prosecution environment provides an opportunity for the company to develop a cohesive strategy for its intellectual property in the Chemistry & Materials field.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTY, PATRICK M | 2 | 62.3% | +23.0% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 1 | 46.9% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559151 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY HAVING AN ULTRASONIC WELD, METHOD FOR MANUFATURE AND USE OF THE ASSEMBLY | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18845857 | Apparatus and Method for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition | TUROCY, DAVID P | — |
| 18559148 | METHOD FOR JOINING AN ELECTRODE TAB TO A CURRENT COLLECTOR USING ULTRASONIC WELDING, AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY, AND USE OF THE ASSEMBLY | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — |
| 18559151 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY HAVING AN ULTRASONIC WELD, METHOD FOR MANUFATURE AND USE OF THE ASSEMBLY | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18845857 | Apparatus and Method for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18559148 | METHOD FOR JOINING AN ELECTRODE TAB TO A CURRENT COLLECTOR USING ULTRASONIC WELDING, AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY, AND USE OF THE ASSEMBLY | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18559151 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY HAVING AN ULTRASONIC WELD, METHOD FOR MANUFATURE AND USE OF THE ASSEMBLY | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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