Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This volume of pending actions is distributed among 2 distinct examiners, which provides a degree of variety in the examination process. The portfolio is also active across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the technical subject matter is being reviewed by different specialized groups at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is MORILLO, JANELL COMBS, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner handles 2 of the 3 total pending office actions, making their specific examination style a key factor for the company. Because the work is split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, practitioners must manage multiple sets of examiner preferences. However, the concentration of 2 actions with MORILLO, JANELL COMBS suggests that this examiner's history will have a significant impact on the current state of the portfolio.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 2 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17792610 | MATERIAL TREATMENT APPARATUS AND PROCESS USING HYDROGEN | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17784688 | High Strength Aluminum Alloys | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 51d overdue |
| 17792576 | CALCINATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS USING HYDROGEN | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| 17299282 | Aluminum Extrusion Alloy | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17792576 | CALCINATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS USING HYDROGEN | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17792610 | MATERIAL TREATMENT APPARATUS AND PROCESS USING HYDROGEN | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1700 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17784688 | High Strength Aluminum Alloys | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17299282 | Aluminum Extrusion Alloy | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2021 |
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