Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Martinrea International US Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, suggesting that the company's chemistry-related innovations are being evaluated by multiple specialists. The presence of 3 distinct art units within the Chemistry & Materials area indicates that the pending actions cover a variety of technical sub-fields, requiring a broad prosecution strategy that addresses different examination priorities.
Jason R Bellinger is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This workload is shared with other distinct examiners, as each of the pending office actions is assigned to a different individual. Managing the pending office actions across multiple examiners requires coordinating various legal arguments simultaneously. The fact that these actions are spread across 3 distinct art units further emphasizes the need for a versatile approach to this technology area to ensure consistency across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLINGER, JASON R | 1 | 70.0% | +18.7% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.7% | +26.9% |
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
| BUI, DUNG H | 1 | 77.8% | +25.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18379354 | HYBRID STAMPING PROCESS INCORPORATING TRADITIONAL COLD STAMPING WITH SELECTIVE THERMAL FORMING/FLANGING/TRIMMING OPERATIONS | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 70d |
| 19011722 | ONE-PIECE ALUMINUM LIVE AXLE CARRIER CONSTRUCTED FROM LOW PRESSURE DIE CASTING FOR MOTOR VEHICLES | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17975107 | GRAPHENE BASED ADSORBENT MATERIAL FOR A SCRUBBER CONNECTED BY A VENT PORT TO AN EVAP CANISTER AND FORMING A PORTION OF A VEHICLE EVAP EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BLEED EMISSIONS AND PROVIDING LOW FLOW RESTRICTIONS | BUI, DUNG H | 149d overdue |
| 18379354 | HYBRID STAMPING PROCESS INCORPORATING TRADITIONAL COLD STAMPING WITH SELECTIVE THERMAL FORMING/FLANGING/TRIMMING OPERATIONS | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 70d |
| 19011722 | ONE-PIECE ALUMINUM LIVE AXLE CARRIER CONSTRUCTED FROM LOW PRESSURE DIE CASTING FOR MOTOR VEHICLES | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
| 18410246 | ROLL FORMING PROCESS WITH HEAT SOURCE LOCATIONS FOR FORMING A METAL ARTICLE WITH SELECTIVE THERMAL FORMING/FLANGING/TRIMMING OPERATIONS | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011722 | ONE-PIECE ALUMINUM LIVE AXLE CARRIER CONSTRUCTED FROM LOW PRESSURE DIE CASTING FOR MOTOR VEHICLES | BELLINGER, JASON R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18410246 | ROLL FORMING PROCESS WITH HEAT SOURCE LOCATIONS FOR FORMING A METAL ARTICLE WITH SELECTIVE THERMAL FORMING/FLANGING/TRIMMING OPERATIONS | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18379354 | HYBRID STAMPING PROCESS INCORPORATING TRADITIONAL COLD STAMPING WITH SELECTIVE THERMAL FORMING/FLANGING/TRIMMING OPERATIONS | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 17975107 | GRAPHENE BASED ADSORBENT MATERIAL FOR A SCRUBBER CONNECTED BY A VENT PORT TO AN EVAP CANISTER AND FORMING A PORTION OF A VEHICLE EVAP EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BLEED EMISSIONS AND PROVIDING LOW FLOW RESTRICTIONS | BUI, DUNG H | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 149d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
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