Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mico Ceramics Ltd. has 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 5 pending office actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners. The portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct art units.
PAIK, SANG YEOP is the busiest examiner with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The remaining pending office actions are split among the other distinct examiners across the 4 distinct art units.
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 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAIK, SANG YEOP | 2 | 65.5% | +16.3% |
| EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 1 | 64.1% | +19.5% |
| WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1 | 73.5% | -0.6% |
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1 | 68.4% | +16.2% |
| BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1 | 52.9% | +18.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 12d |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 40d |
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| 18538038 | SUSCEPTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 12d |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 40d |
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| 18451195 | SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPRESS CRACK GENERATION | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18538038 | SUSCEPTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18451195 | SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPRESS CRACK GENERATION | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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