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
National University Corporation Kyoto Institute Of Technology has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, requiring the institution to manage 2 separate prosecution tracks. Despite the involvement of different examiners, the work is centralized within 1 distinct art unit, which may lead to consistent application of legal standards across the portfolio.
SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN is the busiest examiner for the institution, currently holding 1 pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and the workload is split among the examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 case. This structure allows the institution to focus its resources on 1 art unit while addressing the specific feedback of different technical reviewers. The concentration in this art unit suggests a cohesive technical focus for the institution's current patenting efforts. This structural simplicity may help the institution navigate the complexities of the Chemistry & Materials sector effectively.
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%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1 | 41.2% | +69.5% |
| KUMAR, PREETI | 1 | 31.9% | +43.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835750 | CELLULOSE-SYNTHETIZING MICROBE TRANSFECTANT AND USE THEREOF | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565952 | METHOD FOR SCOURING FIBER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR SCOURING FIBER PRODUCT TO PRODUCE SCOURED FIBER PRODUCT | KUMAR, PREETI | 20d |
| 18835750 | CELLULOSE-SYNTHETIZING MICROBE TRANSFECTANT AND USE THEREOF | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835750 | CELLULOSE-SYNTHETIZING MICROBE TRANSFECTANT AND USE THEREOF | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18565952 | METHOD FOR SCOURING FIBER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR SCOURING FIBER PRODUCT TO PRODUCE SCOURED FIBER PRODUCT | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
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