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
Luoyang Longding Aluminum Co. Ltd. is currently addressing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Prosecution is centralized, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. YUEN, JACKY is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this 1 examiner handles all pending matters, the portfolio's progress is subject to the specific procedural requirements and interpretations of that individual.
The presence of only 1 distinct art unit indicates a consistent technical classification for the pending application within the Chemistry & Materials field. This streamlined profile allows for a focused approach to resolving the outstanding office action without the complexity of varying examiner behaviors found in larger portfolios. Practitioners should analyze the historical allowance rates of YUEN, JACKY to better predict the timeline for this action. The concentration in 1 art unit also means the company is navigating a specific set of examination guidelines. This high level of centralization in the portfolio minimizes the administrative overhead often associated with broader patent filings across multiple USPTO departments.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUEN, JACKY | 1 | 34.8% | +51.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839429 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR HIGH-FLUX CONTINUOUS CASTING AND ROLLING OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE | YUEN, JACKY | 46d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839429 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR HIGH-FLUX CONTINUOUS CASTING AND ROLLING OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE | YUEN, JACKY | 46d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839429 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR HIGH-FLUX CONTINUOUS CASTING AND ROLLING OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE | YUEN, JACKY | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Aug 18, 2024 |
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