Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pfeifer & Langen UK Limited currently oversees 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending case is being handled by a different individual. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that the company must navigate multiple distinct examination styles simultaneously. Furthermore, the prosecution activity is split across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse technical focus within the broader Chemistry & Materials field.
The busiest examiner for the company is BEKKER, KELLY JO, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action is one of the 2 pending office actions currently facing the portfolio. Because the 2 distinct examiners each handle a portion of the workload, the company cannot rely on a centralized prosecution strategy. Instead, the legal team must address the specific concerns raised within the 2 distinct art units. Managing the 2 pending office actions will require tailored responses to both BEKKER, KELLY JO and the other involved examiner.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1 | 16.7% | +35.4% |
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 23.9% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486733 | SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHODS | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 5d |
| 18486869 | SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486733 | SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHODS | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 5d |
| 18486869 | SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18486733 | SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHODS | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18486869 | SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE SACCHARIDE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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