Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Septodont Ou Septodont SAS Ou Specialites Septodont manages a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company currently faces 3 pending office actions, which are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. This indicates that each matter is undergoing an independent review process by a different individual at the patent office.
The prosecution activity is spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's intellectual property covers a variety of technical niches within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in 3 different art units, the company's legal strategy must be adaptable to different examiner expectations and technical standards. For a practitioner, this distribution means that there is no central examiner or art unit to focus on, requiring a broad understanding of various examination practices. The portfolio's current state shows a high level of diversification in its interactions with the patent office, as each active filing is being handled in a unique administrative environment.
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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN | 1 | 85.9% | +16.5% |
| HON, SOW FUN | 1 | 57.7% | +64.8% |
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
| NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 1 | 62.7% | +33.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547042 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED DENTAL COMPOSITION LEADING TO IMPROVED PROPERTIES | SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN | — |
| 18546663 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED HYDRAULIC CEMENT TO FORM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING REINFORCING PROPERTIES | HON, SOW FUN | — |
| 18261160 | AN APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING A CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A MULTI-COMPONENT MATERIAL AND/OR FOR MIXING BY VIBRATION SAID CARTRIDGE | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18261169 | A DISPENSING GUN FOR DELIVERING A MATERIAL FROM A CARTRIDGE | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547042 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED DENTAL COMPOSITION LEADING TO IMPROVED PROPERTIES | SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN | — |
| 18546663 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED HYDRAULIC CEMENT TO FORM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING REINFORCING PROPERTIES | HON, SOW FUN | — |
| 18261160 | AN APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING A CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A MULTI-COMPONENT MATERIAL AND/OR FOR MIXING BY VIBRATION SAID CARTRIDGE | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18261169 | A DISPENSING GUN FOR DELIVERING A MATERIAL FROM A CARTRIDGE | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18547042 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED DENTAL COMPOSITION LEADING TO IMPROVED PROPERTIES | SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN | 2855 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18546663 | CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED HYDRAULIC CEMENT TO FORM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING REINFORCING PROPERTIES | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18261160 | AN APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING A CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A MULTI-COMPONENT MATERIAL AND/OR FOR MIXING BY VIBRATION SAID CARTRIDGE | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18261169 | A DISPENSING GUN FOR DELIVERING A MATERIAL FROM A CARTRIDGE | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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