Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Yantai Dongxing Magnetic Materials Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These cases are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This structure shows that the portfolio is being reviewed by a diverse set of examiners relative to its size. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is STCLAIR, ANDREW D, who handles 2 pending office actions.
The presence of 3 distinct art units for the 4 pending office actions suggests a broad technical scope within the Chemistry & Materials field. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of these 3 distinct art units while addressing the concerns of the 3 distinct examiners. Because the busiest examiner handles 2 pending office actions, there may be an opportunity to streamline responses for those specific cases. However, the overall strategy must remain flexible enough to accommodate the different perspectives encountered across the 4 pending office actions. Ensuring a unified technical narrative is essential when dealing with multiple examiners across different administrative units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2 | 60.2% | +25.3% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.4% | +12.9% |
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.7% | +20.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17946046 | Method for preparing NdFeB magnets including lanthanum or cerium | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 547d overdue |
| 18990210 | High-performance and high-thermal-stability sintered NdFeB magnet and preparation method thereof | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17946046 | Method for preparing NdFeB magnets including lanthanum or cerium | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 547d overdue |
| 17551284 | Preparation method for a neodymium-iron-boron magnet | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 461d overdue |
| 19005896 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| 18990210 | High-performance and high-thermal-stability sintered NdFeB magnet and preparation method thereof | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2178 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19005896 | NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON MAGNET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1712 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18990210 | High-performance and high-thermal-stability sintered NdFeB magnet and preparation method thereof | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 17946046 | Method for preparing NdFeB magnets including lanthanum or cerium | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 547d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17551284 | Preparation method for a neodymium-iron-boron magnet | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 461d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2021 |
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