Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sappi Netherlands Services B V has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, meaning that at least one examiner is reviewing multiple applications. Despite the multiple examiners, all prosecution is currently contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the company's chemistry-related applications.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW, who is handling 2 pending office actions. Since there are 3 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for the majority of the pending workload. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit implies that while the examiners differ, the procedural and technical standards applied to the 3 pending office actions are likely consistent across 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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 2 | 63.6% | +34.4% |
| SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1 | 71.6% | +9.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012476 | BARRIER PAPER OR BOARD | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 2d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012476 | BARRIER PAPER OR BOARD | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 2d overdue |
| 18992007 | TRANSLUCENT PAPER PRODUCTS | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18992007 | TRANSLUCENT PAPER PRODUCTS | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18992040 | MICROPLASTIC-FREE COATED PAPER | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18012476 | BARRIER PAPER OR BOARD | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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