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
Upgrade Technology Engineering Ltd. is currently addressing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for the company's current patent efforts. With only 1 pending action, the portfolio's immediate trajectory is tied to a single set of technical requirements and examiner expectations.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is RHEE, JANE J, who holds 1 pending office action. This individual represents the entirety of the company's active examiner pool, as the total number of distinct examiners is also 1. Such a concentrated prosecution profile means that the company's success in the Chemistry & Materials sector currently rests on the resolution of this 1 specific matter. There are no other pending actions to balance the risk of an unfavorable outcome from this single examiner.
The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the regulatory landscape for the company. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the specific standards of this 1 unit without the need to navigate multiple administrative frameworks. This 1 to 1 ratio between pending actions, examiners, and art units creates a direct and uncomplicated prosecution environment for the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEE, JANE J | 1 | 86.0% | +12.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286388 | A BATTERY CELL HOLDER | RHEE, JANE J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286388 | A BATTERY CELL HOLDER | RHEE, JANE J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18286388 | A BATTERY CELL HOLDER | RHEE, JANE J | 1724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
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