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
Magnus Metal Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, which means each pending matter is subject to a different individual's review. This distribution requires the company to monitor different examination styles within the Chemistry & Materials field.
The portfolio's active prosecution is split across distinct art units, reflecting a diversity of technical focus even within its primary technology area. YUEN, JACKY is the busiest examiner for the company, with a busiest examiner pending count of 1. Because of this distribution, the pending office actions are handled by separate individuals.
Practitioners should note that the pending office actions are being reviewed in distinct art units, which may have different internal guidelines or timelines. Successfully navigating these distinct examiners will be key to advancing the company's interests in this sector.
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) | 3 (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% |
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 1 | 61.6% | +19.9% |
| CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1 | 51.9% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837615 | ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD | YUEN, JACKY | 46d |
| 18789177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| 17744686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837615 | ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD | YUEN, JACKY | 46d |
| 18789177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| 17744686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 2 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18837615 | ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD | YUEN, JACKY | 1735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18789177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 17744686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2022 |
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