Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 6 (60%) |
| §102 only | 3 (30%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2 | 43.0% | +6.3% |
| RUMMEL, IAN A | 1 | 56.4% | +18.4% |
| HURLEY, SHAUN R | 1 | 77.4% | +17.7% |
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 1 | 79.0% | +14.4% |
| LIN, ERICA S Y | 1 | 85.8% | +2.5% |
| ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 46.3% | +22.0% |
| WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1 | 88.6% | +7.2% |
| CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1 | 44.4% | +8.8% |
| SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1 | 53.3% | +30.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714619 | A Printing Method for Time Temperature Indicators | LIN, ERICA S Y | — |
| 18253238 | Acylphosphine Oxide Photoinitiators and Applications Thereof | WHITELEY, JESSICA | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996135 | A Curable Inkjet Composition for the Manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards | RUMMEL, IAN A | — |
| 18871929 | Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology | HURLEY, SHAUN R | — |
| 18828173 | Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| 18284749 | NIR ABSORBING CAPSULES | ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| 17624628 | A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 4 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996135 | A Curable Inkjet Composition for the Manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards | Agfa-Gevaert NV | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18871929 | Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology | Agfa-Gevaert NV | HURLEY, SHAUN R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18828173 | Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard | Agfa-Gevaert NV | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18836401 | Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks and Inkjet Printing Methods | Agfa-Gevaert NV | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18714619 | A Printing Method for Time Temperature Indicators | Agfa-Gevaert NV | LIN, ERICA S Y | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18697772 | Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks | Agfa-Gevaert NV | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18284749 | NIR ABSORBING CAPSULES | Agfa-Gevaert NV | ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM | 1618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18253238 | Acylphosphine Oxide Photoinitiators and Applications Thereof | Agfa-Gevaert NV | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 17772035 | A Lithographic Printing Plate Precursor | Eco3 BV | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1737 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17624628 | A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis | Agfa-Gevaert NV | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2022 |
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