Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
GODFREY & KAHN S.C. focuses its patent prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has handled 1041 career applications, which provides a basis for analyzing their performance in this field. Currently, the firm is managing 4 pending office actions, indicating a steady but focused current workload.
The firm's resolved allowance rate is 81.62 percent. This success rate is achieved with an average of 2.34 office actions per allowance. This 2.34 average suggests an efficient prosecution process, typically requiring multiple rounds of interaction with the patent office to reach a grant. The 81.62 percent allowance rate across 1041 career applications reflects a consistent ability to secure patent rights in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
With 4 pending office actions and 1041 career applications, the firm has a documented track record. The 81.62 percent resolved allowance rate serves as a key indicator of their historical success. Practitioners can look at the 2.34 average office actions per allowance to gauge the typical timeline and effort required to reach an allowance with this firm.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, ZOE T | 1 | 57.7% | +46.5% |
| MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 1 | 73.5% | +16.2% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
| ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1 | 65.1% | -17.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249130 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE ASSEMBLIES AND AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 82d |
| 18942126 | ROPE ACTUATING DEVICE | TRAN, ZOE T | — |
| 18292209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL FROM BATTERY MATERIALS | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | FIORITO, JAMES 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249130 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE ASSEMBLIES AND AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 82d |
| 18942126 | ROPE ACTUATING DEVICE | TRAN, ZOE T | — |
| 18884928 | CONVERTIBLE BOX BLADE SCRAPER APPARATUS | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| 1001297676 Ontario Inc. | 2 |
| Skycap Investment Holdings Inc. | 2 |
| Harken | 1 |
| Amerequip Corporation | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18942126 | ROPE ACTUATING DEVICE | Harken, Incorporated | TRAN, ZOE T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 | |
| 18884928 | CONVERTIBLE BOX BLADE SCRAPER APPARATUS | Amerequip Corporation | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18292209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL FROM BATTERY MATERIALS | 1001297676 Ontario Inc. | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| 18548781 | A METHOD FOR TARGET METAL REMOVAL VIA SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION | 1001297676 Ontario Inc. | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18249130 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE ASSEMBLIES AND AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING | Skycap Investment Holdings Inc. | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1785 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 17604009 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE ASSEMBLIES AND AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | Skycap Investment Holdings Inc. | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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