Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vyv Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while individual examiner perspectives will vary, the technical review is focused in a limited number of departments. The use of only 2 art units for the 4 actions implies that the applications likely share similar technical subject matter within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Christopher M Raabe is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 4 examiners is handling exactly 1 pending action, the company must manage different sets of examiner expectations for every matter. Practitioners should coordinate their responses to ensure that arguments remain consistent across the 2 art units, even when addressing the different examiners involved. Christopher M Raabe is one of the individuals whose specific requirements must be met to successfully navigate the current prosecution landscape.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 68.3% | +27.3% |
| IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | 1 | 86.6% | +9.6% |
| ORTA, LAUREN GRACE | 1 | 75.0% | +27.0% |
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.2% | +32.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908313 | Devices Configured to Disinfect Interiors | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138487 | Filter Layer Using Antimicrobial Light | SPAMER, DONALD R | 20d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18404419 | Devices Configured to Provide Disinfection | ORTA, LAUREN GRACE | 4d overdue |
| 18138487 | Filter Layer Using Antimicrobial Light | SPAMER, DONALD R | 20d |
| 18975687 | Single Diode Disinfection | RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18975687 | Single Diode Disinfection | RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18908313 | Devices Configured to Disinfect Interiors | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18404419 | Devices Configured to Provide Disinfection | ORTA, LAUREN GRACE | 1711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18138487 | Filter Layer Using Antimicrobial Light | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial