Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Modern Meadow Inc. operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These 2 pending office actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, showing a split in the prosecution of its portfolio. Both pending matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's Chemistry & Materials innovations are being reviewed by different examiners within the same technical group.
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action assigned. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action, the workload is balanced. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit may lead to some consistency in the technical standards applied to the applications. However, the company must still address the individual perspectives of IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE and the other assigned examiner.
The presence of 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused prosecution strategy. Practitioners should monitor the feedback from both examiners to ensure that arguments remain consistent across the Chemistry & Materials portfolio. The success of the portfolio depends on the resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending office action and the other active matter. This structure requires careful coordination to manage the individual requirements of the 2 distinct examiners involved.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1 | 70.6% | +8.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856141 | POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856141 | POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856141 | POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 17783570 | LEATHER-LIKE MATERIAL COMPRISING MELT-BLENDED COLLAGEN AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
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