Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mht Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG maintains a focused prosecution profile in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of its active engagement with the patent office. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the company's legal efforts on a single point of contact.
The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the pending application. DERUSSO, JOHN J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since this 1 action is the only one pending for the company, the examiner's specific expertise and prior art interpretations will be the primary factor in the portfolio's immediate progress. This streamlined approach allows for a very targeted response strategy but relies heavily on the outcome of a single examination process.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.4% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18632674 | INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL, CLEANING METHOD FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18632674 | INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL, CLEANING METHOD FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18632674 | INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL, CLEANING METHOD FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING TOOL AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
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