Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
IPTechLaw has managed 853 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm currently has 3 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 85.74.
Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.45. This 2.45 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 85.74 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 853 career applications. The 3 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K | 1 | 60.9% | +40.9% |
| JOHNSON, VICKY A | 1 | 79.9% | +12.3% |
| TSO, EDWARD H | 1 | 87.0% | +6.6% |
| PARRA, OMAR S | 1 | 74.4% | +9.2% |
| GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1 | 72.3% | +37.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18378696 | Systems and Methods for Balancing Battery Packs | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19281124 | Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods | SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K | — |
| 18913759 | Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic | JOHNSON, VICKY 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18300003 | Fluid Modifying and Dispensing System | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 15d overdue |
| 19281124 | Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods | SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K | — |
| 18913759 | Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic | JOHNSON, VICKY A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Enyxus LLC | 1 |
| Albany International | 1 |
| Nxu Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Espial De, Inc. | 1 |
| Struktur Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2421 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19281124 | Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods | Enyxus LLC | SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| 18913759 | Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. | JOHNSON, VICKY A | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 18378696 | Systems and Methods for Balancing Battery Packs | Nxu Technologies, LLC | TSO, EDWARD H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| 18473602 | System and Method for Creating Personalized Media Channels | Espial De, Inc. | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18300003 | Fluid Modifying and Dispensing System | Struktur, Inc. | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
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