Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suzhou Smorobot Technology Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, but they are all located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current prosecution activity is focused within a single specialized group at the patent office, even though multiple individuals are reviewing the applications.
GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 3 pending office actions, the workload is evenly spread across the available personnel. The concentration of all matters within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company may encounter similar prior art or technical hurdles across its Chemistry & Materials portfolio. Practitioners should note that while they must address the specific concerns of 3 distinct examiners, the overarching policies of the 1 distinct art unit will likely provide a unified procedural framework for all active cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 1 | 32.7% | +6.1% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 1 | 57.3% | +41.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18807756 | WALL COLLISION U-TURNING METHOD FOR SWIMMING POOL CLEANING ROBOT, SWIMMING POOL EDGE CLEANING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | — |
| 18798943 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH DISPLAY DEVICE | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18798943 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH DISPLAY DEVICE | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18807756 | WALL COLLISION U-TURNING METHOD FOR SWIMMING POOL CLEANING ROBOT, SWIMMING POOL EDGE CLEANING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18798954 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH ROLLER BRUSH CLEANING STRUCTURE | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18798943 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT WITH DISPLAY DEVICE | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
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