Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 10 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
VIERING, JENTSCHURA & PARTNER mbB - sonstige focuses on Chemistry & Materials. The firm has managed 2029 career applications and has a resolved allowance rate pct of 90.1. This performance demonstrates its success in securing patent grants in the Chemistry & Materials sector. Practitioners can use the 2029 career applications to evaluate the firm's historical outcomes. These metrics offer a basis for setting expectations for future filings in this technical field.
There are 11 pending office actions currently. The firm's avg office actions per allowance is 3.24. This 3.24 avg office actions per allowance reflects the number of examiner interactions typically required to reach an allowance. With 11 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage its active cases. The 3.24 avg office actions per allowance helps practitioners estimate the resources needed for the examination phase. The 90.1 resolved allowance rate pct and the 11 pending office actions provide a view of the firm's performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 1 | 81.6% | +13.6% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
| CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | 1 | 82.5% | +18.4% |
| TSO, STANLEY | 1 | 75.5% | +34.3% |
| ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 1 | 87.0% | +8.7% |
| BELL, SPENCER E | 1 | 63.3% | +12.6% |
| GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | 1 | 68.9% | +16.6% |
| YOUNG, MONICA S | 1 | 74.6% | +32.6% |
| CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1 | 49.2% | +38.2% |
| SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 1 | 52.2% | +61.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836377 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18641545 | FOOTREST ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHMENT TO A CHAIR | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 44d overdue |
| 18684697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT A CLEANING PROCESS FOR A CLEANING APPLIANCE, AND CLEANING APPLIANCE | BELL, SPENCER E | 37d overdue |
| 18006164 | CRYSTALLINE ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE FOR USE IN THERAPY, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND USE OF THE SAME | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 26d overdue |
| 18724645 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE AND JIG | TSO, STANLEY | 27d |
| 18857772 | A FEED COMPOSITION | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18915182 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL SAFETY DETECTOR FOR RADAR PROCESSING PATH | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | — |
| 17429923 | DEVICE FOR SKIN BIOPSY | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT A CLEANING PROCESS FOR A CLEANING APPLIANCE, AND CLEANING APPLIANCE | BELL, SPENCER E | 37d overdue |
| 18006164 | CRYSTALLINE ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE FOR USE IN THERAPY, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND USE OF THE SAME | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 26d overdue |
| 18724645 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE AND JIG | TSO, STANLEY | 27d |
| 18836377 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
| 18857772 | A FEED COMPOSITION | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18915182 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL SAFETY DETECTOR FOR RADAR PROCESSING PATH | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | — |
| 18293387 | A SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROCESS FOR TRANSFORMING INCINERATION BOTTOM ASH INTO USEABLE AGGREGATES | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | — |
| 18573442 | GRID SENSOR, GRID SENSOR SYSTEM, EVALUATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CORRECTING AN INTERFERING INFLUENCE OF ONE OR MORE FLUIDS | YOUNG, MONICA S | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Kyocera | 1 |
| Clonbio Group Ltd. | 1 |
| Mobileye | 1 |
| NIDEC ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 1 |
| SECRETLAB SG PTE. LTD. | 1 |
| Miele | 1 |
| Engro Corporation Limited | 1 |
| Helmholtz Association | 1 |
| CJ Tech Holdings Pte Ltd. | 1 |
| SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18836377 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | Kyocera Corporation | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18857772 | A FEED COMPOSITION | Clonbio Group Ltd. | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18915182 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL SAFETY DETECTOR FOR RADAR PROCESSING PATH | Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 | |
| 18724645 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE AND JIG | Nidec Advance Technology Corporation | TSO, STANLEY | 2847 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18641545 | FOOTREST ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHMENT TO A CHAIR | Secretlab Sg Pte. Ltd. | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 3644 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18684697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT A CLEANING PROCESS FOR A CLEANING APPLIANCE, AND CLEANING APPLIANCE | Miele & Cie. Kg | BELL, SPENCER E | 1711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18293387 | A SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROCESS FOR TRANSFORMING INCINERATION BOTTOM ASH INTO USEABLE AGGREGATES | Engro Corporation Limited | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18573442 | GRID SENSOR, GRID SENSOR SYSTEM, EVALUATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CORRECTING AN INTERFERING INFLUENCE OF ONE OR MORE FLUIDS | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. | YOUNG, MONICA S | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18006164 | CRYSTALLINE ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE FOR USE IN THERAPY, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND USE OF THE SAME | Cj Tech Holdings Pte. Ltd. | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17429923 | DEVICE FOR SKIN BIOPSY | Singapore University Of Technology And Design | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2021 |
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