Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baotou Research Institute Of Rare Earths has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. WANG, NICHOLAS A is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that every pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit.
The presence of 3 distinct examiners means that the institute must address three different examination styles for its 3 pending office actions. Because there are also 3 distinct art units involved, the technical subject matter is likely varied within the Chemistry & Materials field. The busiest examiner, WANG, NICHOLAS A, does not have a larger workload than the other two examiners, as each handles exactly 1 action. This structure suggests a decentralized prosecution environment where no single art unit or examiner provides a central point of contact for the current portfolio. Practitioners must manage 3 independent prosecution tracks for the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 53.5% | +22.1% |
| RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1 | 72.3% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825029 | MISCH-METAL PERMANENT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME BASED ON SINTERING AND MULTI-STEP DIFFUSION | WANG, NICHOLAS A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825029 | MISCH-METAL PERMANENT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME BASED ON SINTERING AND MULTI-STEP DIFFUSION | WANG, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18675793 | PREPARATION METHOD OF MESOPOROUS CEO2-LOADED AU CATALYST, PRODUCTS THEREOF | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825029 | MISCH-METAL PERMANENT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME BASED ON SINTERING AND MULTI-STEP DIFFUSION | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18675793 | PREPARATION METHOD OF MESOPOROUS CEO2-LOADED AU CATALYST, PRODUCTS THEREOF | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1692 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBaotou Research Institute Of Rare Earths has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nicholas A Wang has the most, with 1 of Baotou Research Institute Of Rare Earths's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
