Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 2 distinct art units and involve 2 distinct examiners. PIZIALI, ANDREW T is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions.
This concentration means PIZIALI, ANDREW T is responsible for 2 of the 3 pending office actions. Practitioners should note that while the portfolio is small, the involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests different technical focuses within the Chemistry & Materials sector. The fact that 2 distinct examiners are involved requires the applicant to manage two different sets of examiner expectations. Because 2 of the 3 pending office actions are with a single examiner, the outcome of those cases will significantly impact the overall success of the current prosecution efforts.
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 (67%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 2 | 28.3% | +27.3% |
| CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 54.4% | +34.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858802 | NONWOVEN TEXTILE AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18858321 | SPUNBONDED NONWOVEN LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858802 | NONWOVEN TEXTILE AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18858321 | SPUNBONDED NONWOVEN LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 17768269 | MELT CONVEYOR FOR AN EXTRUSION TOOL OF AN EXTRUSION SYSTEM, EXTRUSION TOOL, EXTRUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXTRUSION SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858802 | NONWOVEN TEXTILE AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18858321 | SPUNBONDED NONWOVEN LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 17768269 | MELT CONVEYOR FOR AN EXTRUSION TOOL OF AN EXTRUSION SYSTEM, EXTRUSION TOOL, EXTRUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXTRUSION SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
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