Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
SK Microworks Co. Ltd. currently has 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. FROST, ANTHONY J is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This indicates that while most examiners are handling a single action, FROST, ANTHONY J has a higher concentration of the workload. The 9 pending office actions being spread across 5 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of technical subjects within the portfolio.
With 8 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a variety of examiner-specific prosecution styles. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions handled by FROST, ANTHONY J represent the largest assignment within the portfolio. The remaining actions are distributed among the other examiners. This distribution across 5 distinct art units implies that the 9 pending office actions are not confined to a single specialized group. Practitioners should prepare for multiple simultaneous negotiations given the 8 distinct examiners currently reviewing the workload.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FROST, ANTHONY J | 2 | 52.7% | +20.1% |
| FIGG, LAURA B | 1 | 57.9% | +23.7% |
| ZIMMER, MARC S | 1 | 79.4% | +16.2% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.8% | +19.4% |
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
| FANG, SHANE | 1 | 76.6% | +18.5% |
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.6% | +25.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107439 | POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 24d overdue |
| 18550460 | BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILM, LAMINATE, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING FILM | CHEN, VIVIAN | 28d |
| 18502082 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| 18495751 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | FROST, ANTHONY J | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245349 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, AND RETORT FOOD INCLUDING SAME | FANG, SHANE | 28d overdue |
| 18107439 | POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 24d overdue |
| 18550460 | BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILM, LAMINATE, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING FILM | CHEN, VIVIAN | 28d |
| 18701939 | MULTI-LAYER BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL INCLUDING SAME | FIGG, LAURA B | — |
| 18292930 | LAMINATED FILM HAVING IMPROVED SURFACE HARDNESS AND RESTORATION PROPERTIES AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | FROST, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18568849 | POLYESTER FILM, AND HEAT-SHRINKABLE LABEL AND PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME | ZIMMER, MARC S | — |
| 18502082 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| 18495751 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | FROST, ANTHONY J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701939 | MULTI-LAYER BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL INCLUDING SAME | FIGG, LAURA B | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18292930 | LAMINATED FILM HAVING IMPROVED SURFACE HARDNESS AND RESTORATION PROPERTIES AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | FROST, ANTHONY J | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18568849 | POLYESTER FILM, AND HEAT-SHRINKABLE LABEL AND PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME | ZIMMER, MARC S | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18502082 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18495751 | POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | FROST, ANTHONY J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18550460 | BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILM, LAMINATE, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING FILM | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18245349 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, AND RETORT FOOD INCLUDING SAME | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
| 18107439 | POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
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