Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sustaera, Inc. manages a concentrated prosecution profile within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions, both of which are assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This concentration indicates that the company's active matters are being reviewed by a single technical expert. Furthermore, the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized focus on a specific technical niche within the broader chemical field. This structure allows for a very consistent prosecution strategy across all active matters.
The busiest examiner for Sustaera, Inc. is SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This figure matches the total of 2 pending office actions, meaning this single examiner handles the entirety of the company's active workload. For practitioners, this creates a high level of dependency on the interpretations and preferences of SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH. The alignment of 2 pending actions under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit highlights a highly centralized prosecution environment for the company's current innovations. Success in these matters depends on a deep understanding of this examiner's specific standards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 2 | 54.3% | +50.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18502262 | METHOD OF FORMING INTEGRATED COMPOSITE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE CARBON NETWORK | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18280509 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18502262 | METHOD OF FORMING INTEGRATED COMPOSITE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE CARBON NETWORK | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18280509 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18502262 | METHOD OF FORMING INTEGRATED COMPOSITE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE CARBON NETWORK | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18280509 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
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