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
LX HAUSYS, LTD. currently has 1 pending office action within its company patent portfolio, situated in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical inquiry. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, WORRELL, KEVIN, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active.
Because WORRELL, KEVIN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the applicant's current success in this technology area depends on a single examiner's review. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the legal strategy can be tailored specifically to the chemical or material standards of that unit. This singular focus allows for a concentrated effort on the specific prior art and rejections raised by this 1 examiner. Navigating this 1 action requires a deep understanding of the specific material science precedents that this examiner typically cites during prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1 | 65.9% | +32.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19275245 | Lower protecting plate of battery module for electric car | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19275245 | Lower protecting plate of battery module for electric car | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1727 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
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