Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thermo Electron LED GmbH has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, which means each pending matter is assigned to a different person. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the company's current applications touch upon several specialized technical groups within the Chemistry & Materials field. This variety suggests a diverse range of subject matter in the active applications.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SANGHERA, SYMREN K, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, the workload is divided among the individuals. This spread across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units suggests a decentralized prosecution environment. The 1 pending office action assigned to SANGHERA, SYMREN K is part of the broader 4 pending office actions currently active. Practitioners should be prepared to manage multiple examiner relationships across the 3 distinct art units involved in the Chemistry & Materials area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 51.5% | +12.1% |
| COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1 | 79.0% | +15.2% |
| LIU, SHUYI S | 1 | 73.6% | +25.6% |
| LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1 | 71.2% | +42.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17956145 | METHODS FOR SEPARATING SUSPENSIONS USING SINGLE-USE CENTRIFUGE CONTAINERS | LIU, SHUYI S | 31d overdue |
| 18530967 | Adapter For A Centrifuge Rotor And Corresponding Kits And Methods | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17956145 | METHODS FOR SEPARATING SUSPENSIONS USING SINGLE-USE CENTRIFUGE CONTAINERS | LIU, SHUYI S | 31d overdue |
| 18404126 | Inlay System | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 15d overdue |
| 18530967 | Adapter For A Centrifuge Rotor And Corresponding Kits And Methods | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| 17675528 | LABORATORY DEVICE WITH LOW PARTICLE EMISSION | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18404126 | Inlay System | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18530967 | Adapter For A Centrifuge Rotor And Corresponding Kits And Methods | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 17956145 | METHODS FOR SEPARATING SUSPENSIONS USING SINGLE-USE CENTRIFUGE CONTAINERS | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17675528 | LABORATORY DEVICE WITH LOW PARTICLE EMISSION | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
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