Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 1 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
SK Geo Centric Co. Ltd. is currently managing 11 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Despite the number of pending actions, all 11 are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The prosecution involves 10 distinct examiners, which means that almost every application is being reviewed by a different individual.
The busiest examiner, NGUYEN, TAM M, is currently responsible for 2 pending actions. With 11 pending office actions and 10 distinct examiners, the company must manage many different examination styles, although the concentration in 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent organizational environment. This distribution requires the prosecution team to be mindful of the specific preferences of NGUYEN, TAM M and the other 10 distinct examiners involved. Practitioners should focus on the standards of the 1 distinct art unit while addressing the unique concerns raised by each examiner currently reviewing these 11 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (36%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TAM M | 2 | 77.1% | +11.6% |
| ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE | 1 | 48.9% | +37.7% |
| LEE, RIP A | 1 | 83.5% | -4.2% |
| CHANDLER, KAITY V | 1 | 63.9% | +23.4% |
| CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | 1 | 72.9% | +9.5% |
| ZOTOV, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVIC | 1 | — | — |
| MCAVOY, ELLEN M | 1 | 72.8% | +8.7% |
| NGUYEN, CAM N | 1 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.3% | +16.8% |
| SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1 | 79.2% | +0.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18419979 | Method for Preparing Polyethylene Polymerization Catalyst | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653986 | METHOD OF PREPARING EPDM COPOLYMER | LEE, RIP A | — |
| 18598537 | Method of Producing Ethylene-Carboxylic Acid Copolymer | ZOTOV, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVIC | — |
| 18413181 | Polyethylene Manufacturing Process | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | NGUYEN, TAM M | 15d |
| 19024359 | Resin Composition Including Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) and Film Including the Same | ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE | — |
| 18922392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | NGUYEN, TAM M | — |
| 18639291 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS CONTAINING HYDROGEN FROM WASTE PLASTICS | CHANDLER, KAITY V | — |
| 18419979 | Method for Preparing Polyethylene Polymerization Catalyst | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
| 18413181 | Polyethylene Manufacturing Process | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024359 | Resin Composition Including Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) and Film Including the Same | ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18922392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | NGUYEN, TAM M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18653986 | METHOD OF PREPARING EPDM COPOLYMER | LEE, RIP A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18639291 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS CONTAINING HYDROGEN FROM WASTE PLASTICS | CHANDLER, KAITY V | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18632288 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | 1771 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18629945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18598537 | Method of Producing Ethylene-Carboxylic Acid Copolymer | ZOTOV, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVIC | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18443305 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS | MCAVOY, ELLEN M | 1771 | Other | Non-Final OA | 127d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18419979 | Method for Preparing Polyethylene Polymerization Catalyst | NGUYEN, CAM N | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18413181 | Polyethylene Manufacturing Process | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18371800 | Process for Reducing Unsaturated Hydrocarbons in Aromatic Fraction Through Selective Hydrogenation | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
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