Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ada Carbon Solutions LLC

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Ada Carbon Solutions LLC is currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, where it has 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action serves as the primary focus of the company's current patent prosecution efforts. The portfolio is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specific technical niche within the chemistry sector. This suggests that the company is not currently seeking to diversify its patent filings across different chemical disciplines or material science categories.

The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, creating a direct and singular line of communication with the USPTO. CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for the 1 pending office action. This indicates that the company's current path to patent issuance is entirely dependent on the review of this examiner. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the entire active portfolio rests on the resolution of this examiner's concerns.

The presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests a focused intellectual property strategy. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, there are no other concurrent office actions to manage, allowing the company to focus its resources on this single legal challenge. This streamlined approach can be efficient, though it lacks the alternative paths of a more distributed patent portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW 1 100.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18459921 NOVEL ACTIVATED CARBONS FOR SEQUESTERING CONTAMINATED COMPOUNDS CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18459921 NOVEL ACTIVATED CARBONS FOR SEQUESTERING CONTAMINATED COMPOUNDS CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ada Carbon Solutions LLC have?

Ada Carbon Solutions LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ada Carbon Solutions LLC applications?

David Andrew Calderon has the most, with 1 of Ada Carbon Solutions LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ada Carbon Solutions LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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