Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Aja Labs, Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. The concentration of 3 pending actions within 2 distinct art units suggests a focused technological scope for the company.
With 2 distinct examiners involved, there is overlap, particularly with SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R. Because this examiner handles 2 of the pending matters, practitioners can develop a more consistent communication strategy for the majority of the portfolio. The remaining action is managed by a different examiner within the Chemistry & Materials sector, requiring a separate approach. This distribution allows for some examiner-specific insights to be applied across half of the active cases. However, the presence of multiple art units still requires attention to different procedural standards within the USPTO.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 2 | 70.5% | +9.2% |
| STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1 | 48.7% | +33.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410847 | PLANT BASED HAIR FIBERS | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 52d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410847 | PLANT BASED HAIR FIBERS | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 52d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850609 | MELT SPINNING OF BLENDED CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE FIBERS | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850610 | MELT SPINNING OF BLENDED POLYLACTIC ACID FIBERS | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18410847 | PLANT BASED HAIR FIBERS | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1789 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAja Labs, Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Arti R Singh-Pandey has the most, with 2 of Aja Labs, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
