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
William J Kirk is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This workload is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly focused prosecution phase. The concentration of the portfolio suggests that the applicant is navigating a singular path through the patent office rather than managing a diverse array of simultaneous challenges across different technical groups. This streamlined approach can lead to more predictable timelines for the 1 pending office action.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MERKLING, SALLY ANNE, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the current pending activity for William J Kirk. Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is presently tied to the findings and timelines of this individual examiner within the identified art unit. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative tracking of these proceedings. By focusing on the specific requirements of MERKLING, SALLY ANNE, the applicant can better anticipate potential hurdles in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERKLING, SALLY ANNE | 1 | 62.4% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17922792 | ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS | MERKLING, SALLY ANNE | 28d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17922792 | ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS | MERKLING, SALLY ANNE | 28d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17922792 | ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS | MERKLING, SALLY ANNE | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
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