Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Aeponyx Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. LOTTER, DAVID E is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire prosecution workload is concentrated under this 1 examiner and 1 art unit. This indicates a very specific and singular focus for the company's current patent activities at the USPTO. The prosecution strategy for this portfolio is entirely dependent on the interaction with LOTTER, DAVID E.
With only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner involved, there is no variety in the examination environment for the company at this time. This concentration requires a precise approach to the single pending office action to ensure a favorable outcome. The current data shows a minimal but highly focused presence in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOTTER, DAVID E | 1 | 85.0% | +9.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858889 | HYBRID INTEGRATION METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS EXPLOITING ACTIVE-PASSIVE PHOTONIC ELEMENTS | LOTTER, DAVID E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858889 | HYBRID INTEGRATION METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS EXPLOITING ACTIVE-PASSIVE PHOTONIC ELEMENTS | LOTTER, DAVID E | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAeponyx Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David E Lotter has the most, with 1 of Aeponyx Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
