Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZF Airbag Germany GmbH is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. All of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a high degree of concentration for the company's active prosecution. Having all 3 pending office actions under the review of a single individual in 1 distinct art unit means that the company's success in this technology area is highly dependent on the perspective of that specific examiner.
FELTON, AILEEN BAKER is the busiest examiner, responsible for all 3 pending office actions. Because Felton handles every active matter for the company, the entire prosecution strategy is filtered through a single individual. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a very consistent interaction with the patent office, as the applicant only needs to navigate the preferences and requirements of one examiner. However, it also means that any challenges faced with this 1 distinct examiner will affect all 3 pending office actions simultaneously. Practitioners should focus on building a consistent record with Felton to ensure favorable outcomes across the entire active portfolio.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 2 | 51.9% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522459 | PROPELLANT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 16d |
| 18295309 | COMPRESSED PROPELLANT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND GAS GENERATOR COMPRISING PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522459 | PROPELLANT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 16d |
| 18295309 | COMPRESSED PROPELLANT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND GAS GENERATOR COMPRISING PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18522459 | PROPELLANT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18295309 | COMPRESSED PROPELLANT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND GAS GENERATOR COMPRISING PROPELLANT ELEMENT | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
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