Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd. is currently overseeing 7 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners, meaning that each pending matter is being evaluated by a unique individual. This match between the number of actions and the 7 distinct examiners suggests a decentralized review process where no single examiner's perspective dominates the portfolio.
The prosecution activity spans 4 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical subject matter within the chemistry field. FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending action. Since this busiest examiner pending count of 1 is a small fraction of the 7 total pending office actions, the company must coordinate its legal strategy across a wide array of examiner preferences and art unit cultures. This distribution requires a flexible approach to prosecution to account for the 7 distinct examiners involved. The breadth across 4 distinct art units also implies that the company's innovations touch on several different chemical specializations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN | 1 | 70.6% | +8.5% |
| CHEN, KUANGYUE | 1 | 63.1% | +45.7% |
| MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1 | 23.7% | +9.5% |
| SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1 | 48.6% | +35.6% |
| PHAM, VU PHI | 1 | 46.2% | +17.1% |
| DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 1 | 27.3% | +54.2% |
| MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1 | 55.0% | +54.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18224583 | ATOMIZING DEVICE, ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 2d overdue |
| 18035937 | HEATING ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER COMPRISING HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE | PHAM, VU PHI | 50d |
| 18563485 | POROUS ATOMIZING CORE CAPABLE OF RELEASING NEGATIVE IONS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN | — |
| 18286781 | HEATING ATOMIZATION CORE | CHEN, KUANGYUE | — |
| 18224577 | Atomizing Device, Atomizing Assembly, and Manufacturing Process of Atomizing Assembly | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | — |
| 18033360 | ATOMIZING CORE WITH AIR FLOW CHAMBER | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18224583 | ATOMIZING DEVICE, ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 2d overdue |
| 18035937 | HEATING ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER COMPRISING HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE | PHAM, VU PHI | 50d |
| 18286781 | HEATING ATOMIZATION CORE | CHEN, KUANGYUE | — |
| 18033360 | ATOMIZING CORE WITH AIR FLOW CHAMBER | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
| 18029671 | ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF REALIZING RELIABLE CONNECTION OF ELECTRODES, AND ATOMIZATION DEVICE | MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 3 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 1747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18563485 | POROUS ATOMIZING CORE CAPABLE OF RELEASING NEGATIVE IONS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18286781 | HEATING ATOMIZATION CORE | CHEN, KUANGYUE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18224577 | Atomizing Device, Atomizing Assembly, and Manufacturing Process of Atomizing Assembly | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18224583 | ATOMIZING DEVICE, ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF ATOMIZING ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18035937 | HEATING ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER COMPRISING HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE | PHAM, VU PHI | 1755 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18033360 | ATOMIZING CORE WITH AIR FLOW CHAMBER | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18029671 | ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF REALIZING RELIABLE CONNECTION OF ELECTRODES, AND ATOMIZATION DEVICE | MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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