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
The Schebler Co. currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, TOLIN, MICHAEL A, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the technical review process.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's current USPTO engagement is highly specific. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technical focus for the pending Chemistry & Materials application. This concentration allows for a very specific prosecution approach but limits the diversity of examiner perspectives available to the company.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action represents the total active engagement across the portfolio. This means any strategic decisions are currently tied to the specific requirements of TOLIN, MICHAEL A. The focus remains entirely within the Chemistry & Materials area under a single examiner's review, requiring a targeted response to the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 71d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 71d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
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