Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wisys Technology Foundation Inc. currently has 7 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio shows a degree of fragmentation, as these 7 pending office actions are spread across 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. This distribution suggests a range of chemical technologies being patented by the foundation. Each matter requires a unique approach tailored to the specific examiner and art unit involved.
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J is the busiest examiner for the foundation, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 7 distinct examiners for the 7 pending office actions, no single examiner has a larger share of the portfolio than any other. The involvement of 7 distinct art units confirms that the 7 pending office actions are being reviewed by different specialized groups within the Chemistry & Materials field. This distribution suggests that the foundation's intellectual property spans multiple technical classifications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.2% | +17.7% |
| CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1 | 72.7% | +18.3% |
| IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 1 | 12.5% | +71.4% |
| BYRNES, DAVID R | 1 | 78.1% | +22.2% |
| CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1 | 59.1% | +38.3% |
| KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1 | 45.2% | +15.9% |
| VO, TU A | 1 | 60.6% | +58.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17707336 | CONTROL OF TEXTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF ZINC FILMS THROUGH PULSED METHODS FROM ADDITIVE-FREE ELECTROLYTES | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 70d overdue |
| 18008820 | Engineered Bacterial Strain and Method of Use for One-Pot Vitamin C Synthesis | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 8d |
| 18444075 | PHOTOCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | — |
| 16345916 | Modular Therapeutic Vibration Rehabilitation System | VO, TU A | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17707336 | CONTROL OF TEXTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF ZINC FILMS THROUGH PULSED METHODS FROM ADDITIVE-FREE ELECTROLYTES | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 70d overdue |
| 17628803 | Stimuli Responsive Dispersants For Architectural Coatings | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 38d overdue |
| 18008820 | Engineered Bacterial Strain and Method of Use for One-Pot Vitamin C Synthesis | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 8d |
| 17843552 | METHODS OF USING BACTERIAL QUORUM QUENCHING ENZYMES | BYRNES, DAVID R | 21d |
| 18796821 | Three-Dimensional Printer System with Passive Fiber Aligning Nozzle | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 18444075 | PHOTOCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | — |
| 16345916 | Modular Therapeutic Vibration Rehabilitation System | VO, TU A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18796821 | Three-Dimensional Printer System with Passive Fiber Aligning Nozzle | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18444075 | PHOTOCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18008820 | Engineered Bacterial Strain and Method of Use for One-Pot Vitamin C Synthesis | IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17843552 | METHODS OF USING BACTERIAL QUORUM QUENCHING ENZYMES | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17707336 | CONTROL OF TEXTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF ZINC FILMS THROUGH PULSED METHODS FROM ADDITIVE-FREE ELECTROLYTES | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17628803 | Stimuli Responsive Dispersants For Architectural Coatings | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | DP | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 16345916 | Modular Therapeutic Vibration Rehabilitation System | VO, TU A | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2019 |
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