Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Techwin Co. Ltd. currently faces 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates that the company's current prosecution efforts are not spread across multiple individuals. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit further emphasizes the concentrated nature of the company's current patent office interactions. This focus allows for a dedicated approach to the specific technical requirements of the 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner for the company is GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this examiner is the only individual with 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate success in the Chemistry & Materials sector depends on the resolution of this case. This centralized workload allows for a specific focus on the examiner's previous rulings and preferences. The presence of 1 pending office action suggests a period of low intensity in the company's patent prosecution cycle. With 1 pending office action to manage, the company can ensure that its response is thoroughly aligned with the expectations of the 1 distinct examiner involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 33.3% | +4.9% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18046075 | METHOD OF TREATING BALLAST WATER | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
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