Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MBHB - BP Corporation North America Inc. has a history of 174 career applications, primarily in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 86.18 for these filings. This success rate is reached with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.49.
There are currently 5 pending office actions for this client. These active matters are part of the ongoing prosecution within the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 174 career applications demonstrate a consistent relationship and specialized expertise in this field.
The resolved allowance rate pct of 86.18 shows the firm's ability to secure patent rights for BP Corporation North America Inc. An avg office actions per allowance of 3.49 indicates the typical level of effort required to reach an allowance. The 5 pending office actions represent the current active docket for this client.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1 | 78.7% | +11.3% |
| SLIFKA, COLIN W | 1 | 67.2% | +16.2% |
| DOUYETTE, KENNETH J | 1 | 81.8% | +14.4% |
| CHEN, NING | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284855 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH HEAT TRANSFER FLUID INCLUDING LIQUID AND GAS COMPONENTS | DOUYETTE, KENNETH J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18252685 | Fischer-Tropsch Processes with Modified Product Selectivity | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 27d |
| 18573647 | REMOVAL OF ORGANIC CHLORIDES FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18547812 | Dielectric Thermal Management Fluids and Methods for Using Them | CHEN, NING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18573647 | REMOVAL OF ORGANIC CHLORIDES FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18284856 | Heat Transfer System with Heat Transfer Fluid Including Liquid and Gas Components | SLIFKA, COLIN W | — |
| 18284855 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH HEAT TRANSFER FLUID INCLUDING LIQUID AND GAS COMPONENTS | DOUYETTE, KENNETH J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| BP | 4 |
| BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18573647 | REMOVAL OF ORGANIC CHLORIDES FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| 18284856 | Heat Transfer System with Heat Transfer Fluid Including Liquid and Gas Components | Castrol Limited | SLIFKA, COLIN W | 1732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18284855 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH HEAT TRANSFER FLUID INCLUDING LIQUID AND GAS COMPONENTS | Castrol Limited | DOUYETTE, KENNETH J | 1725 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18547812 | Dielectric Thermal Management Fluids and Methods for Using Them | Castrol Limited | CHEN, NING | 1723 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18252685 | Fischer-Tropsch Processes with Modified Product Selectivity | BP P.L.C. | BRADY, KRISTEN WEEKS | 1692 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
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