Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Magneco/Metrel Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to a single distinct examiner, WIESE, NOAH S, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. With only a single distinct art unit involved, the company's current prosecution is focused within a single technical and administrative area of the patent office. This allows the company to concentrate its resources on a single examiner's feedback and requirements.
The busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total number of pending office actions, showing that WIESE, NOAH S is the only individual reviewing the company's current claims. This examiner's specific expertise in chemistry will be the primary factor in the outcome of the pending application. Because the prosecution is limited to a single art unit, the company does not have to navigate the differing procedural norms of multiple patent office divisions. This streamlined environment is conducive to a highly focused and efficient prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIESE, NOAH S | 2 | 83.3% | -1.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535326 | LIGHTWEIGHT REFRACTORY CASTING COMPOSITION AND ARTICLES MADE USING FOAMED COLLOIDAL SILICA BINDER | WIESE, NOAH S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535411 | FOAMED COLLOIDAL SILICA BINDER FOR LIGHTWEIGHT REFRACTORY CASTING COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING IT | WIESE, NOAH S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18535411 | FOAMED COLLOIDAL SILICA BINDER FOR LIGHTWEIGHT REFRACTORY CASTING COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING IT | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18535326 | LIGHTWEIGHT REFRACTORY CASTING COMPOSITION AND ARTICLES MADE USING FOAMED COLLOIDAL SILICA BINDER | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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