Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Refined Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is under review by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. SPAMER, DONALD R is the busiest examiner, currently handling the pending matter.
The concentration of the portfolio in 1 distinct examiner and 1 art unit reflects a streamlined prosecution profile. This 1 pending matter can be managed with a highly focused legal and technical strategy. For a practitioner, this means that the response can be tailored to the specific preferences of the assigned official, ensuring a consistent prosecution record throughout the examination process.
In the Chemistry & Materials sector, maintaining a unified technical narrative is essential for successful patent acquisition. Since the company is only dealing with a distinct examiner, the risk of inconsistent claim interpretations is minimized. This focused approach allows the applicant to dedicate its resources to the specific requirements of the assigned art unit, ensuring that the 1 pending action progresses toward allowance in a predictable manner.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.2% | +32.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562247 | COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING POLYTHIONIC ACID (PTA) STRESS CORROSION CRACKING ON 300 SERIES STAINLESS STEEL AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | SPAMER, DONALD R | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562247 | COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING POLYTHIONIC ACID (PTA) STRESS CORROSION CRACKING ON 300 SERIES STAINLESS STEEL AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | SPAMER, DONALD R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18562247 | COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING POLYTHIONIC ACID (PTA) STRESS CORROSION CRACKING ON 300 SERIES STAINLESS STEEL AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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