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
Wti Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P, who serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending application. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for the company's current activities.
With 1 pending office action to manage, the company can focus its resources on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit involved. The assignment of this case to MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P means that the outcome of the current portfolio expansion depends on this 1 distinct examiner. This 1 to 1 relationship between pending actions and examiners simplifies the administrative oversight required for the portfolio.
Practitioners should note that the Chemistry & Materials sector requires adherence to specific technical standards. Because MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P is the only examiner with 1 pending application, the company's immediate success is tied to this single interaction. Monitoring the progress of the 1 pending office action within the 1 distinct art unit is essential for the company's intellectual property strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.3% | +32.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689036 | CONCENTRATED NATURAL FOOD ADDITIVE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689036 | CONCENTRATED NATURAL FOOD ADDITIVE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17689036 | CONCENTRATED NATURAL FOOD ADDITIVE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
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