Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in a single distinct art unit, showing a very narrow focus for their current patent prosecution. This concentration suggests that the company is focusing its resources on a specific material or chemical process related to its product line.
The busiest examiner, AHMED, SHEEBA, is responsible for the pending action. With only the 1 pending office action in the portfolio, the company's current success in the Chemistry & Materials sector is tied to the results of this single examination process. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the examiner, as there are no other pending matters to provide alternative routes for patent protection. The outcome of this office action will be the primary indicator of the company's current progress in securing intellectual property within its chosen technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.6% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428919 | Cooking Utensil And Method Of Making The Same | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428919 | Cooking Utensil And Method Of Making The Same | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18428919 | Cooking Utensil And Method Of Making The Same | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAll-Clad Metalcrafters LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sheeba Ahmed has the most, with 1 of All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
