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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Board Of Regents Of The Nevada System Of Higher Education On Behalf Of The University Of Nevada has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. These actions are spread across 2 distinct examiners and a matching number of distinct art units. This arrangement indicates that the university's current research output is being evaluated by multiple specialized groups within the patent office.
WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. With multiple distinct examiners each handling a portion of the pending office actions, the portfolio experiences a decentralized review process. For the practitioner, this means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the specific preferences of each individual examiner. The distribution across multiple art units further suggests that the pending matters involve diverse chemical or material science applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1 | 54.4% | +17.8% |
| WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1 | 64.4% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18282837 | Dynamic Glass Element Using Reversible Metal Electrodeposition Electrolytes with Tunable PH with High Opacity and Excellent Resting Stability and Electrolytes Useful Therefore | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | — |
| 18018542 | SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18282837 | Dynamic Glass Element Using Reversible Metal Electrodeposition Electrolytes with Tunable PH with High Opacity and Excellent Resting Stability and Electrolytes Useful Therefore | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | — |
| 18018542 | SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18282837 | Dynamic Glass Element Using Reversible Metal Electrodeposition Electrolytes with Tunable PH with High Opacity and Excellent Resting Stability and Electrolytes Useful Therefore | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18018542 | SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1735 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
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