Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sulvaris Inc. is actively managing 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This level of activity reflects a steady pipeline of patent applications currently undergoing examination. The distribution of these 3 pending office actions across 3 distinct examiners suggests that the company's intellectual property is being reviewed by several different officials simultaneously.
The portfolio's technical scope is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, indicating that while there are 3 distinct examiners, the subject matter falls into a relatively narrow set of classifications. LANGEL, WAYNE A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This shows that the workload is distributed, with no specific examiner holding more than 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
Practitioners should note that the involvement of 2 distinct art units requires a strategy that accounts for the specific practices of those groups. Although 3 distinct examiners are involved, the concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for some technical consistency. The 1 busiest examiner pending office action for LANGEL, WAYNE A highlights that the company must manage 3 examiner relationships to successfully resolve the matters currently active in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGEL, WAYNE A | 1 | 78.4% | +23.2% |
| SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1 | 61.0% | +26.6% |
| BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1 | 46.6% | +64.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18473526 | Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 23d overdue |
| 18611176 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER WITH MICRONIZED SULFUR | LANGEL, WAYNE A | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18473526 | Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 23d overdue |
| 17418180 | MICRONIZED SULPHUR POWDER | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 4d overdue |
| 18611176 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER WITH MICRONIZED SULFUR | LANGEL, WAYNE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18611176 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER WITH MICRONIZED SULFUR | LANGEL, WAYNE A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18473526 | Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 17418180 | MICRONIZED SULPHUR POWDER | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2021 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial