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
Rsi Technology Group LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution of this matter is being conducted by 1 distinct examiner, which limits the diversity of examiner feedback the company must process. Additionally, the data shows that 1 distinct art unit is involved, indicating that the current patent activity is confined to a specific technical division. This centralized approach simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property assets during the examination phase.
The busiest examiner for the company is HURST, JONATHAN M, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action constitutes the total 1 pending office action for the entity at this time. Because the company is working with 1 distinct examiner, the outcome of the current prosecution depends heavily on the specific interpretations of HURST, JONATHAN M. The focus within the Chemistry & Materials area and the reliance on 1 distinct art unit suggest a targeted strategy for securing patent protection.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURST, JONATHAN M | 1 | 53.6% | +18.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF SPERM SAMPLES | HURST, JONATHAN M | 33d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF SPERM SAMPLES | HURST, JONATHAN M | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18482725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF SPERM SAMPLES | HURST, JONATHAN M | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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