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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pulpex Limited is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 3 pending office actions currently on file. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, yet all matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the examiner pool is varied, the subject matter remains tightly focused within a specific regulatory or technical group at the office. The concentration in a distinct art unit may allow for a more cohesive prosecution strategy across the different applications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MINSKEY, JACOB T, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 3 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, each examiner is managing a single case. The presence of 1 distinct art unit for all pending office actions indicates a consistent examination environment despite the involvement of multiple individuals. Practitioners should consider how the shared art unit context might influence the prior art being cited across the pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1 | 79.5% | +9.9% |
| VERA, ELISA H | 1 | 72.2% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984866 | EXPANDABLE MEMBER FOR RECEPTACLE MOULDING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887940 | RECEPTACLE MOULD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RECEPTACLE MOULD | VERA, ELISA H | 12d |
| 18984866 | EXPANDABLE MEMBER FOR RECEPTACLE MOULDING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984866 | EXPANDABLE MEMBER FOR RECEPTACLE MOULDING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18950921 | MANDREL SYSTEM AND METHOD | FORTUNA, JOSE A | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18887940 | RECEPTACLE MOULD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RECEPTACLE MOULD | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
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