Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mativ Holdings Inc. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, showing a range of chemical and material innovations. This spread indicates that the company's portfolio is being reviewed by multiple specialized groups at the patent office. The presence of 5 pending office actions reflects a significant volume of active prosecution.
The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, meaning each of the 5 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual. CALANDRA, ANTHONY J is identified as the busiest examiner, though he only holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. This suggests an even distribution of work across the examiner pool. No single examiner holds a majority of the pending cases.
With 5 pending office actions and 5 distinct examiners, the company must manage 5 separate legal dialogues simultaneously. The use of 3 distinct art units requires familiarity with different technical examination standards within the Chemistry & Materials field. Practitioners should be prepared for a variety of examiner styles, as CALANDRA, ANTHONY J is only 1 of 5 individuals influencing the portfolio's progress. This distribution requires a versatile approach to patent prosecution.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| YAARY, ERIC | 1 | 73.8% | +3.3% |
| KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 1 | 64.9% | +20.3% |
| PHAM, VU PHI | 1 | 46.2% | +17.1% |
| CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1 | 26.9% | +8.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18116127 | Process for Applying Additives To Aerosol Generating Substrates and Products Made Therefrom | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | — |
| 17684054 | High Strength Wrapping Material Containing Extracted Tobacco | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17748895 | Process For Incorporating Additives Into Aerosol-Producing Substrates and Products Made Therefrom | PHAM, VU PHI | 29d |
| 18676879 | POROUS, LOW OPACITY PAPER | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18116127 | Process for Applying Additives To Aerosol Generating Substrates and Products Made Therefrom | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 2 |
| 1747 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18676879 | POROUS, LOW OPACITY PAPER | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18318271 | Filter For Smoking or Vaping Article Comprising a Smooth Paper | YAARY, ERIC | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18116127 | Process for Applying Additives To Aerosol Generating Substrates and Products Made Therefrom | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 1747 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 17748895 | Process For Incorporating Additives Into Aerosol-Producing Substrates and Products Made Therefrom | PHAM, VU PHI | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17684054 | High Strength Wrapping Material Containing Extracted Tobacco | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
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