Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This level of activity indicates a diversified set of patent applications currently undergoing review. The prosecution is spread across 3 distinct examiners, suggesting that each pending matter is receiving independent attention from different officials at the patent office.
The technical breadth of the portfolio is further evidenced by the involvement of 3 distinct art units. This distribution across 3 distinct art units indicates that the university's research in Chemistry & Materials spans several different specialized classifications. KETCHAM, KAREN A is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This shows that the 3 pending office actions are distributed, with no specific examiner currently overwhelmed by the university's filings.
Practitioners should recognize that the use of 3 distinct art units requires a varied prosecution strategy compared to more centralized portfolios. Each of the 3 pending office actions may be subject to different art unit cultures. Because KETCHAM, KAREN A only handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action, the university must maintain a broad approach to its intellectual property management to successfully navigate the requirements of the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KETCHAM, KAREN A | 1 | 20.0% | +38.8% |
| MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 78.3% | +19.9% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.6% | +20.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18003274 | METHODS OF TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE STRESS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 4d overdue |
| 18694176 | USE OF WATER-SOLUBLE LIGNIN AS AN ANTI-UV FILTER | KETCHAM, KAREN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18003274 | METHODS OF TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE STRESS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 4d overdue |
| 17907801 | Graphenium dispersions and composites, process for making same, and uses thereof | RUMP, RICHARD M | 8d |
| 18694176 | USE OF WATER-SOLUBLE LIGNIN AS AN ANTI-UV FILTER | KETCHAM, KAREN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18694176 | USE OF WATER-SOLUBLE LIGNIN AS AN ANTI-UV FILTER | KETCHAM, KAREN A | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18003274 | METHODS OF TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE STRESS | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 1797 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17907801 | Graphenium dispersions and composites, process for making same, and uses thereof | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1759 | §112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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