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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wet Holdings (Global) Limited has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's prosecution is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a narrow administrative focus for the company's pending patent matters. Such a structure often results in a more predictable examination process, as the technical review is not split between different groups with potentially conflicting interpretations of the prior art.
DRODGE, JOSEPH W is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is responsible for all of the company's current office interactions. The use of 1 distinct art unit confirms that all active examination is occurring in a single technical group. This concentration allows the company to focus its legal resources on the specific requirements and preferences of 1 distinct examiner, which can lead to a more efficient path toward patent allowance in the Chemistry & Materials field.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.2% | +38.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17253407 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Alkaline Water | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 127d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17253407 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Alkaline Water | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 127d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17253407 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Alkaline Water | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 127d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2020 |
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