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
Xuzhou College Of Industrial Technology is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, where it currently manages 1 pending office action. This active matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a technical focus for the college's current patenting activities. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the interaction between the institution and the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FIGG, TRAVIS M, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that the total number of pending office actions is 1, FIGG, TRAVIS M is responsible for the active workload of the college. This correspondence between the examiner and the pending action highlights a concentrated prosecution effort within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action shows a narrow intellectual property strategy. The resolution of this pending matter will be the primary factor in the college's near-term patent success. Practitioners can focus on the requirements of FIGG, TRAVIS M to advance this portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1 | 61.6% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18613029 | RUBBER SEALING GASKET WITH EXCELLENT COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE AND LOW-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | FIGG, TRAVIS M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18613029 | RUBBER SEALING GASKET WITH EXCELLENT COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE AND LOW-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | FIGG, TRAVIS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18613029 | RUBBER SEALING GASKET WITH EXCELLENT COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE AND LOW-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
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