Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sumitomo Electric Wintec Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's activity is restricted to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific area of current patent prosecution. The concentration of the company's filings in this manner suggests a specialized technical focus for their current research and development outputs.
CHOI, PETER Y is listed as the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there is 1 distinct examiner for the company, CHOI, PETER Y handles active matters. The 1 pending office action represents the set of outstanding responses required by the patent office. This streamlined interaction model means that the company's legal strategy is dependent on the dialogue with this specific examiner. There are no other pending office actions to provide a broader context for the firm's standing within the Chemistry & Materials area. Consequently, the resolution of this matter is the primary objective for the company's current patent prosecution efforts.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1 | 48.5% | +23.2% |
| CHOI, PETER Y | 1 | 20.6% | +33.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856647 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PREPOLYMER SOLUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18270884 | INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | CHOI, PETER Y | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856647 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PREPOLYMER SOLUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18270884 | INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | CHOI, PETER Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856647 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PREPOLYMER SOLUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18270884 | INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | CHOI, PETER Y | 1786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
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