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
Micro Matic Usa Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, Steven N Leff, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio is active in a distinct art unit, meaning the company's current prosecution is entirely focused on one specific technical reviewer.
This centralized structure simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property, as there is only a distinct examiner and a single art unit to monitor. The practitioner can tailor the response to the pending office action specifically to Steven N Leff's past examination patterns. There is no risk of inconsistent rejections from different parts of the USPTO, as all activity is confined to a single point of review.
With 1 pending action representing the whole of the company's current prosecution, the stakes for this single matter are high. The legal team should focus on the technical nuances of the Chemistry & Materials area as interpreted by the art unit involved. Success in this single action will determine the immediate growth of the company's patented technology.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEFF, STEVEN N | 1 | 41.3% | +7.9% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669112 | Whipped Cream Dispenser | LEFF, STEVEN N | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
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