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
ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which means each pending matter is assigned to a different person. Both examiners are working within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very high degree of technical focus for the company's current patent applications. The fact that all prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit may provide a more consistent procedural environment for the company.
The busiest examiner is MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, the workload is balanced between them. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit may simplify the prosecution strategy, as the company only needs to navigate the specific guidelines of a single technical group while dealing with 2 different examiners. This structure allows for a focused prosecution approach within the Chemistry & Materials area, even though the company must address the individual perspectives of 2 different examiners. The 2 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective to the 2 pending office actions currently being prosecuted.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.1% | +15.4% |
| COLEMAN, RYAN L | 1 | 56.0% | +59.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18159614 | COATING REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME | COLEMAN, RYAN L | 190d overdue |
| 18907970 | BENDING FIXTURE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18159614 | COATING REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME | COLEMAN, RYAN L | 190d overdue |
| 18907970 | BENDING FIXTURE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907970 | BENDING FIXTURE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18159614 | COATING REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME | COLEMAN, RYAN L | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 190d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
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