Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Snorkels Ip LLC has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution of this action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, DRODGE, JOSEPH W, within a distinct art unit. DRODGE, JOSEPH W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action currently assigned.
This represents a highly concentrated prosecution environment where all current activity is focused on a single examiner and art unit. Practitioners should focus their strategy on the specific technical requirements of the Chemistry & Materials area as interpreted by DRODGE, JOSEPH W. The presence of only a single pending action simplifies the management of the portfolio's current patent office interactions. This streamlined structure provides a clear path for the resolution of the pending action. The lack of multiple examiners or art units minimizes the complexity of managing the company's current patent interests. By focusing on the individual review style of the assigned examiner, the company can better anticipate procedural hurdles. The alignment of the busiest examiner's workload with the total pending actions ensures a clear point of contact within the patent office.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.2% | +38.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660103 | FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660103 | FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18660103 | FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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