Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The Doshisha has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. RAHMANI, NILOOFAR is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that each of the 5 pending office actions is being handled by a unique examiner. The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the 5 pending office actions cover several different technical niches within the Chemistry & Materials field.
Because each of the 5 distinct examiners is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, the workload is distributed. The 4 distinct art units involved show that the 5 pending office actions are not concentrated in a single technical group. This variety of 5 distinct examiners means the company must manage several separate prosecution styles simultaneously. The 5 pending office actions represent the total current activity for the portfolio. Practitioners should note the 4 distinct art units when coordinating technical arguments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1 | 77.5% | -2.9% |
| MCCARTY, PATRICK M | 1 | 62.3% | +23.0% |
| DEES, NIKKI H | 1 | 21.9% | +20.7% |
| CHU, YONG LIANG | 1 | 74.9% | +3.1% |
| LEE, JOHN | 1 | 30.0% | +39.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276756 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL | DEES, NIKKI H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287183 | CARBON CARRIER FOR FUEL CELL CATALYST AND FUEL CELL CATALYST | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | — |
| 18276756 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL | DEES, NIKKI H | — |
| 17762924 | Liquid Flow Formation Method and Object Moving Method Using Same | LEE, JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1691 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18702178 | DETOXIFYING AGENT, DETOXIFYING AGENT KIT, AND NOVEL INCLUSION COMPLEX | RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1691 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18287183 | CARBON CARRIER FOR FUEL CELL CATALYST AND FUEL CELL CATALYST | MCCARTY, PATRICK M | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18276756 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL | DEES, NIKKI H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18039569 | GOLD-SUPPORTED CARBON CATALYST AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17762924 | Liquid Flow Formation Method and Object Moving Method Using Same | LEE, JOHN | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
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