Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
US SYNTHETIC Corporation holds a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 6 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to distinct examiners, resulting in a 1 to 1 ratio of actions to examiners. Prosecution activity is spread across 3 distinct art units. WAITS, ALAN B is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The presence of 6 pending office actions indicates a steady volume of ongoing prosecution.
The distribution of pending office actions across 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemistry-related filings are being reviewed by multiple technical groups. With distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate separate prosecution tracks for each matter. Practitioners should coordinate their strategy across the 3 distinct art units while managing the 1 pending action with the busiest examiner. This structure ensures that each of the pending office actions receives an independent review from a different official. Maintaining consistency across the identified technical groups is critical for the company's chemistry innovations.
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) | 7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAITS, ALAN B | 1 | 68.8% | +29.8% |
| PILKINGTON, JAMES | 1 | 70.2% | +35.7% |
| BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 1 | 80.8% | +11.7% |
| WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1 | 48.7% | +45.0% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.7% |
| PARVINI, PEGAH | 1 | 70.2% | +12.2% |
| EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1 | 58.4% | +6.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188257 | ATTACHMENT OF BEARING MEMBERS AND RELATED BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | WAITS, ALAN B | — |
| 19050222 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | — |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
| 18202762 | SUPERHARD COMPACTS, ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188257 | ATTACHMENT OF BEARING MEMBERS AND RELATED BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | WAITS, ALAN B | — |
| 19050222 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | — |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19188257 | ATTACHMENT OF BEARING MEMBERS AND RELATED BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | WAITS, ALAN B | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19050222 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | PILKINGTON, JAMES | 3617 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18202762 | SUPERHARD COMPACTS, ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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