Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Röhm GmbH maintains 7 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is notably decentralized, with those matters distributed among 7 distinct examiners. This one-to-one ratio between actions and examiners indicates that no single examiner has a dominant role in the portfolio's current trajectory.
Despite the high number of examiners, the work is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the examiners bring various perspectives, the underlying technology remains focused within a narrow range of Chemistry & Materials classifications. MCCAIG, BRIAN A is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for those matters implies a high density of filings in specific technical niches. Practitioners should prepare for different examination styles across those units. This structure requires a versatile response strategy to satisfy the requirements of the examiners involved. MCCAIG, BRIAN A oversees 1 pending action, representing a small portion of the overall activity.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1 | 80.4% | +13.3% |
| HEINCER, LIAM J | 1 | 55.8% | +26.0% |
| PAK, HANNAH J | 1 | 78.1% | +20.9% |
| STANLEY, JANE L | 1 | 58.4% | +29.5% |
| HUHN, RICHARD A | 1 | 67.0% | +5.6% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.3% | +16.8% |
| BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1 | 79.3% | +23.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| 18559757 | UNSATURATED ESTERS CONTAINING AN ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING AND STABILIZING THE YELLOWNESS INDEX | HUHN, RICHARD A | — |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249917 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING METHYL METHACRYLATE AND/OR METHACRYLIC ACID BY REDUCED BACK MIXING DURING CONVERSION | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 18d overdue |
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18559757 | UNSATURATED ESTERS CONTAINING AN ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING AND STABILIZING THE YELLOWNESS INDEX | HUHN, RICHARD A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18249917 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING METHYL METHACRYLATE AND/OR METHACRYLIC ACID BY REDUCED BACK MIXING DURING CONVERSION | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1692 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
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