Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Azek Group LLC has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is distributed with each action assigned to 1 of the distinct examiners and located in a distinct art unit. This distribution between actions and examiners indicates that there is no overlap in the personnel reviewing these specific filings. The variety of 3 distinct art units for such a small number of actions suggests that the subject matter is technically diverse within the chemistry field.
CHEN, VIVIAN is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. With the distinct art units involved for only the total actions, the prosecution environment is fragmented for this volume. Practitioners cannot rely on past interactions within a single art unit to predict outcomes, as each of the pending actions is being evaluated in a unique administrative context. This requires a tailored strategy for each individual examiner involved in the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
| LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1 | 66.3% | +35.9% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.5% | +14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19347096 | COMPOSITE BOARD INCLUDING CORE AND CAPSTOCK, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | CHEN, VIVIAN | 3d overdue |
| 18537425 | VARIEGATED POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 71d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19347096 | COMPOSITE BOARD INCLUDING CORE AND CAPSTOCK, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | CHEN, VIVIAN | 3d overdue |
| 18537425 | VARIEGATED POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 71d |
| 17885112 | OUTDOOR STRUCTURE DESIGN AND COMPONENTS | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19347096 | COMPOSITE BOARD INCLUDING CORE AND CAPSTOCK, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 18537425 | VARIEGATED POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 17885112 | OUTDOOR STRUCTURE DESIGN AND COMPONENTS | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
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