Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Licap Technologies Inc. holds a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This configuration shows a direct correlation between the number of pending matters and the number of examiners and art units involved in the prosecution process, indicating no overlap in personnel or technical groups.
DOVE, TRACY MAE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 2 pending office actions, the prosecution effort is not concentrated under a single individual. The presence of 2 distinct art units further indicates that the pending applications cover different specialized sub-sectors within the broader Chemistry & Materials field.
For practitioners, this means that the 2 pending office actions require distinct strategies tailored to the 2 different art units. Because DOVE, TRACY MAE only manages 1 action, there is no dominant examiner influence over the portfolio. The prosecution of these 2 matters will likely proceed independently, reflecting the diversity of the 2 distinct examiners assigned to the cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1 | 68.9% | +9.6% |
| KYLE, MADISON LEIGH | 1 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | 1 | 75.0% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653826 | DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 7d |
| 18240089 | FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM MANUFACTURE USING HIGH PRECISION PRESS | KYLE, MADISON LEIGH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18103126 | FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM CONTAINING RECYCLED MATERIALS | VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1722 | 2 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18653826 | DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18240089 | FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM MANUFACTURE USING HIGH PRECISION PRESS | KYLE, MADISON LEIGH | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18103126 | FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM CONTAINING RECYCLED MATERIALS | VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
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