Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Maersk Container Industry A/S is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are operating under the same art unit guidelines and supervisory environment. The focus on 1 distinct art unit provides a level of administrative consistency for the 2 pending office actions.
KOLB, NATHANIEL J is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under his review. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the workload is split with 1 action per examiner. The concentration in a single art unit may allow for a more consistent prosecution strategy despite the involvement of multiple examiners. Practitioners can expect that the 2 pending actions will be subject to the same internal policies used by that specific art unit.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.3% | +35.1% |
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.4% | +36.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2022 |
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