Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shanghai Sunlight Innov Trading Co. Ltd. operates a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company is navigating multiple examination tracks within the chemistry sector.
GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for 2 of the total 3 pending office actions. The remaining action is handled by the other distinct examiner. With 2 distinct art units involved, the portfolio's prosecution is split between different specialized groups. This requires the company to manage different examination styles and technical standards across these 2 distinct art units as the 3 pending office actions move through the patent office.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 2 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
| GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1 | 25.6% | +14.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17555372 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 139d overdue |
| 18914083 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
| 17818353 | EDIBLE PET CHEW AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17555372 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 139d overdue |
| 18914083 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
| 17818353 | EDIBLE PET CHEW AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18914083 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2024 |
| 17818353 | EDIBLE PET CHEW AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2022 |
| 17555372 | EDIBLE PET CHEW | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 139d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2021 |
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