Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mrl Materials Resources LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, creating a direct match between pending matters and the officials reviewing them. This structure indicates that the company's current patent applications are being evaluated in different technical contexts or by different specialized groups. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests a breadth of chemical or material applications within the portfolio.
POLLOCK, AUSTIN M is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents 1 of the 2 pending office actions for the company. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution strategy must be flexible enough to address the unique requirements of each examiner. The company cannot rely on a single approach, as the 2 distinct art units may have different internal policies or prior art focuses that affect the 2 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 51.3% | +36.1% |
| NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 1 | 67.5% | +24.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304664 | NIOBIUM-BASED ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 12d |
| 18174507 | MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304664 | NIOBIUM-BASED ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 12d |
| 18174507 | MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| 2800 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18304664 | NIOBIUM-BASED ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18174507 | MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2800 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
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