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
Scentsy Inc. manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This reflects a highly focused prosecution effort within a specific technical domain related to chemistry and materials.
BRENDAN A HENSEL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner for the company, this individual is responsible for all current prosecution activity. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's technical claims are being evaluated by a single specialized team at the patent office. This concentration under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit may provide a more predictable environment for the company as it navigates the 1 pending office action currently on record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1 | 66.1% | +27.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751983 | SCENT WARMER HAVING SLEEVE FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING DECORATIVE BODY TO BASE AND RELATED METHODS | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751983 | SCENT WARMER HAVING SLEEVE FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING DECORATIVE BODY TO BASE AND RELATED METHODS | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18751983 | SCENT WARMER HAVING SLEEVE FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING DECORATIVE BODY TO BASE AND RELATED METHODS | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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