Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (62%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 2 | 47.7% | +36.6% |
| NIGAM, NATASHA | 1 | 65.6% | +29.2% |
| HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 1 | 77.6% | +14.2% |
| SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1 | 79.4% | +0.7% |
| PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1 | 36.3% | +49.7% |
| WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1 | 45.7% | +33.1% |
| MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1 | 67.4% | -32.2% |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17965157 | TREATMENT OF ANASTOMOSES | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 85d overdue |
| 17801461 | PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR DECONTAMINATION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES FROM THE SKIN | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 59d overdue |
| 18210005 | COLOUR FILTER FOR MODIFYING HUMAN COLOUR VISION AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A COLOUR FILTER | NIGAM, NATASHA | 18d overdue |
| 18121785 | CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 16d |
| 18113956 | SURGICAL LASER FIBERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SURGICAL LASER FIBERS HAVING AN ATRAUMATIC DISTAL END | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 19d |
| 17136234 | COBALT-FREE LITHIATED SPINEL CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 23d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| University of Chicago | 3 |
| MEDICONTUR KFT. | 1 |
| Laser Peripherals | 1 |
| AURA Technologie | 1 |
| PlantTec Medical GmbH | 1 |
| DermaPurge GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1729 | 2 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18210005 | COLOUR FILTER FOR MODIFYING HUMAN COLOUR VISION AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A COLOUR FILTER | Medicontur Kft. | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18121785 | CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES | UChicago Argonne, LLC | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
| 18113956 | SURGICAL LASER FIBERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SURGICAL LASER FIBERS HAVING AN ATRAUMATIC DISTAL END | Laser Peripherals, LLC | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18014027 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECYCLING WASTE MATERIALS CONTAINING VALUABLE METALS | Aura Technologie GmbH | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17965157 | TREATMENT OF ANASTOMOSES | Planttec Medical GmbH | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17801461 | PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR DECONTAMINATION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES FROM THE SKIN | Dermapurge GmbH | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | Other | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
| 17879468 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY RECYCLING PROCESS UTILIZING MAGNETIC SEPARATION OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS | UChicago Argonne, LLC | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 202d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17136234 | COBALT-FREE LITHIATED SPINEL CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES | UChicago Argonne, LLC | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | Other | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Dec 29, 2020 |
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