Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Société Bic has 1 pending office action currently under review. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio, and the prosecution is handled entirely by the 1 identified examiner.
With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the portfolio is highly concentrated. The absence of multiple art units or examiners means the prosecution strategy is currently tied to a single point of contact. This streamlined profile allows for a direct focus on the specific requirements of the 1 pending matter. BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE is the sole individual responsible for the current pending workload, making their specific examination style the primary factor in the portfolio's immediate progress. The 0 distinct art units recorded suggests a specific administrative placement for this single action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1 | 71.1% | +10.9% |
| PATEL, OM | 1 | 58.6% | +54.6% |
| GORDON, BRIAN R | 1 | 65.2% | +18.9% |
| LIN, KO-WEI | 1 | 76.0% | +20.3% |
| TRAN, PHUOC | 1 | 85.3% | +8.8% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1 | 70.4% | +10.6% |
| KOSANOVIC, HELENA | 1 | 45.0% | +14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18704837 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | PATEL, OM | — |
| 18704641 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | GORDON, BRIAN R | — |
| 18264164 | ON-SKIN CIRCUIT ASSISTANCE | TRAN, PHUOC | — |
| 17759481 | TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATOR FOR A HANDHELD LIGHTER | KOSANOVIC, HELENA | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17929025 | WRITING GEL INK | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 28d |
| 18705291 | WATER-BASED SOLID MARKING COMPOSITION | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | — |
| 18704837 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | PATEL, OM | — |
| 18704641 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | GORDON, BRIAN R | — |
| 18692184 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY REDUCING FUEL EVAPORATION | LIN, KO-WEI | — |
| 18258133 | COLOR-CHANGE INK | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 17759481 | TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATOR FOR A HANDHELD LIGHTER | KOSANOVIC, HELENA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18705291 | WATER-BASED SOLID MARKING COMPOSITION | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18704837 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | PATEL, OM | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18704641 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | GORDON, BRIAN R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18692184 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY REDUCING FUEL EVAPORATION | LIN, KO-WEI | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18264164 | ON-SKIN CIRCUIT ASSISTANCE | TRAN, PHUOC | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18258133 | COLOR-CHANGE INK | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 17929025 | WRITING GEL INK | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17759481 | TEMPERATURE WARNING INDICATOR FOR A HANDHELD LIGHTER | KOSANOVIC, HELENA | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
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