Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Accutemp Products Inc. is managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit and involves a distinct examiner. LEFF, STEVEN N is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the pending action. This streamlined data reflects a singular point of contact for the company's current patent examination needs.
The focus on the Chemistry & Materials sector indicates that the company's current intellectual property efforts are concentrated on material science or chemical processes. With only a distinct examiner involved, the company can develop a very specific rapport and understanding of the examiner's expectations. This centralized prosecution model reduces the complexity often found in larger portfolios with multiple pending actions. Practitioners should leverage this direct relationship to address any technical rejections efficiently within the particular art unit.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEFF, STEVEN N | 1 | 41.4% | +8.4% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18675369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED GRIDDLE AND PLATEN CONTROL | LEFF, STEVEN N | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAccutemp Products Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Steven N Leff has the most, with 1 of Accutemp Products Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
