Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
24 pending office actions • 10 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Niterra Co., Ltd. currently manages 24 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 10 distinct art units, indicating a level of technological diversity within its primary sector. The prosecution workload involves 23 distinct examiners, which suggests that nearly every pending matter is being handled by a different individual at the USPTO.
The distribution of cases is decentralized, as evidenced by the fact that the busiest examiner, NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN, is responsible for only 2 pending office actions. For a practitioner, this means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to a wide variety of examiner preferences rather than focusing on a few key individuals. The high number of examiners relative to the total actions highlights a lack of examiner concentration, which may complicate the development of a uniform approach across the portfolio.
With the involvement of 10 distinct art units, the company's legal team must navigate various internal policies and examination trends specific to different sections of the USPTO. The presence of only 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner further confirms that no single examiner holds significant influence over the current pending inventory. This structure requires broad monitoring of 23 distinct examiners to anticipate potential hurdles in the Chemistry & Materials space.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (12%) |
| §112 only | 3 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 2 | 82.7% | +3.0% |
| ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | 1 | 76.5% | +21.9% |
| RICE, STEVEN | 1 | 39.3% | +43.7% |
| MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 1 | 51.3% | +31.6% |
| BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | 1 | 81.9% | +18.2% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 1 | 77.8% | +17.0% |
| DUNN, DARRIN D | 1 | 75.3% | +24.2% |
| TSO, STANLEY | 1 | 75.5% | +34.3% |
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.7% | +3.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987733 | GAS SENSOR | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — |
| 18985153 | SPARK PLUG | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320562 | CERAMIC HEATER | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 2d overdue |
| 18280411 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICE | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 6d |
| 19134105 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | — |
| 18880322 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | — |
| 18856431 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
| 18851449 | PRODUCTION DEVICE | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18690062 | SPARK PLUG | TSO, STANLEY | — |
| 18712995 | SLURRY COMPOSITION AND COATING AGENT | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19134105 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | — |
| 18880622 | COATED SUBSTRATE | RICE, STEVEN | — |
| 18880322 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | — |
| 18985153 | SPARK PLUG | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | — |
| 18856431 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
| 18899184 | GAS SENSOR | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 18851449 | PRODUCTION DEVICE | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18690062 | SPARK PLUG | TSO, STANLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19134105 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 18880622 | COATED SUBSTRATE | RICE, STEVEN | 1787 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880322 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADING | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 3619 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18987733 | GAS SENSOR | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18985153 | SPARK PLUG | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18856431 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18899184 | GAS SENSOR | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18851449 | PRODUCTION DEVICE | DUNN, DARRIN D | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18690062 | SPARK PLUG | TSO, STANLEY | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18841538 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR | FRANK, RODNEY T | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18833140 | HOLDING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLDING MEMBER | WILSON, LEE D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18833303 | HOLDING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLDING MEMBER | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18727615 | ALLOY PARTICLE, DUST CORE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC GENERATOR | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18746478 | RETENTION DEVICE, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18716352 | ULTRASONIC WAVE GENERATION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC WAVE GENERATION SYSTEM | KANG, ANNABELLE | 2695 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18712995 | SLURRY COMPOSITION AND COATING AGENT | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18703467 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICE | HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18627836 | GAS SENSOR | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §112 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18576290 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER | ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18574376 | GAS SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE, GAS SENSOR CONTROL METHOD, AND GAS SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1700 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18280411 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICE | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18277916 | CERAMIC HEATER AND LIQUID HEATING DEVICE | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18277436 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICE | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18320562 | CERAMIC HEATER | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 3745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
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