Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio contains 2 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. All activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different examiners are involved, the technical subject matter is confined to a single specialized area of the patent office.
The busiest examiner is COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R, who manages 1 pending office action. This 1 action is part of the 2 total pending office actions for the company. Because there are 2 distinct examiners, each is responsible for a single application. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit creates a unified technical environment, even though COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R and the other examiner may have different individual preferences. Success in this portfolio requires meeting the standards of both examiners within that 1 art unit. The 2 pending actions represent the entire current workload.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1 | 85.5% | +18.4% |
| HUANG, RYAN | 1 | 52.9% | +31.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559237 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM AND SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR COMPRISING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18023656 | POLYAMIDE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE HAVING EXCELLENT DURABILITY AND ANTIFOULING PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HUANG, RYAN | 15d overdue |
| 18559237 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM AND SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR COMPRISING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18559237 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM AND SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR COMPRISING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18023656 | POLYAMIDE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE HAVING EXCELLENT DURABILITY AND ANTIFOULING PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
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