Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Applied Bioplastics Corp. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated focus on bioplastic chemical technologies.
Because the company only has 1 pending office action, its current prosecution experience is entirely defined by the interaction with WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA. This allows the applicant to focus resources on a single set of examiner preferences and art unit trends within the Chemistry & Materials field. The 1 distinct examiner involved represents the only point of contact for the company's current active matters.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is being evaluated within a specific division of the patent office. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate success is tied to the resolution of this single matter. This streamlined prosecution environment allows for a highly targeted legal strategy but lacks the broader insights that come from interacting with multiple examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1 | 73.5% | +16.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681021 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681021 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18681021 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialApplied Bioplastics Corp. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ana Lucrecia Woodward has the most, with 1 of Applied Bioplastics Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
