Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
North Atlantic Imports LLC is currently handling 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, showing a one-to-one ratio of examiners to pending matters. The portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting a relatively focused technical scope. ANDREW MARK ROERSMA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action.
Although the 5 pending actions are spread across 5 different examiners, they are only distributed between 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are likely working within the same specialized technical groups. Managing 5 pending office actions across 5 distinct examiners requires coordinating with several different individuals. The concentration in 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemistry and materials innovations are focused within a narrow range of technical classifications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | 1 | 63.3% | +24.5% |
| HAYES, KRISTEN C | 1 | 68.5% | +21.5% |
| JONES, LOGAN P | 1 | 43.3% | +31.2% |
| LEFF, STEVEN N | 1 | 41.3% | +7.9% |
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 1 | 42.3% | +40.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096242 | REFRIGERATOR AND REMOVABLE REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110730 | OUTDOOR OVEN WITH MODIFIABLE PORTABILITY, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 12d |
| 19096242 | REFRIGERATOR AND REMOVABLE REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | — |
| 18882856 | COOKING STATION WITH EXPANDABLE SIDE SHELF, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 18823662 | OUTDOOR COOKING STATION, SIDE SHELF SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF | JONES, LOGAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19096242 | REFRIGERATOR AND REMOVABLE REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18882856 | COOKING STATION WITH EXPANDABLE SIDE SHELF, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18823662 | OUTDOOR COOKING STATION, SIDE SHELF SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF | JONES, LOGAN P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18751128 | COOKING STATION WITH MULTIPLE COOKING MODES AND METHOD THEREOF | LEFF, STEVEN N | 1792 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18110730 | OUTDOOR OVEN WITH MODIFIABLE PORTABILITY, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
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