Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Orion Engineered Carbons Ip GmbH & Co. Kg is currently navigating 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's technical innovations span multiple technical classifications within the chemistry field. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, which implies that each of the pending office actions is being reviewed by a different official.
MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. While she is one of the 3 distinct examiners involved, her role is part of a broader prosecution effort in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The fact that 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units indicates a need for a versatile legal strategy that can address the specific requirements of each unit. With distinct examiners involved, the company must maintain consistency in its technical arguments to ensure a cohesive patent strategy. Monitoring the progress of the 1 action under the busiest examiner will be important for the company's overall success across its 2 distinct art units.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1 | 66.3% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567400 | Homogeneous Hot Combustion Gases for the Production of Carbon Black | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | — |
| 18286594 | Carbon Blacks Based on Renewable Carbon Black Feedstocks | 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286594 | Carbon Blacks Based on Renewable Carbon Black Feedstocks | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 18267841 | Process for Producing Carbon Blacks With Reduced Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Content Utilizing Supercritical Fluid Extraction | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18567400 | Homogeneous Hot Combustion Gases for the Production of Carbon Black | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18286594 | Carbon Blacks Based on Renewable Carbon Black Feedstocks | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18267841 | Process for Producing Carbon Blacks With Reduced Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Content Utilizing Supercritical Fluid Extraction | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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