Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
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
Novalis Holdings Limited is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's active matters are divided between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application is subject to an independent review process. This distribution is mirrored in the organizational structure, as the 2 pending office actions are also located in 2 distinct art units.
KATCHEVES, BASIL S is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action under his review. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, KATCHEVES, BASIL S is responsible for 1 of the current active workload. The other pending action is handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners, creating a balanced but fragmented prosecution landscape for the company.
From a strategic standpoint, the presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems are being evaluated under different sets of examination guidelines. Practitioners must prepare for 2 distinct examiners who may have different interpretations of the prior art. With 2 pending office actions to manage, the applicant cannot rely on a single examiner's favorable disposition to advance the entire portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATCHEVES, BASIL S | 1 | 72.2% | +17.4% |
| RUMMEL, IAN A | 1 | 56.6% | +18.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18075888 | Surface Covering Having An Acoustical Component | RUMMEL, IAN A | 89d overdue |
| 18450163 | Underlayment Assembly | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18075888 | Surface Covering Having An Acoustical Component | RUMMEL, IAN A | 89d overdue |
| 18450163 | Underlayment Assembly | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18450163 | Underlayment Assembly | KATCHEVES, BASIL S | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18075888 | Surface Covering Having An Acoustical Component | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
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