Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Norsk Hydro ASA is managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. All 3 actions are consolidated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very narrow technical focus for the current pending matters. However, these actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners.
YANG, JIE is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This is one of the 3 total pending actions for the portfolio. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit for the pending actions indicates that while the technical area is the same, the prosecution is being handled by different individuals. This distribution ensures that the 3 pending matters receive independent review despite their shared art unit classification.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JIE | 1 | 62.6% | +19.4% |
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.6% | +13.0% |
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 63.9% | +6.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687439 | HEAT TREATABLE ALUMINIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT | ZHENG, LOIS L | — |
| 18561091 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN ALUMINIUM METAL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712861 | A 6XXX ALLOY FOR EXTRUSION WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED PRODUCTS | YANG, JIE | — |
| 18687439 | HEAT TREATABLE ALUMINIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT | ZHENG, LOIS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712861 | A 6XXX ALLOY FOR EXTRUSION WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED PRODUCTS | YANG, JIE | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18687439 | HEAT TREATABLE ALUMINIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT | ZHENG, LOIS L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18561091 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN ALUMINIUM METAL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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