Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bbk Tobacco & Foods LLP has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units.
LE, TOBEY CHOU is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Each of the 2 distinct examiners is responsible for one of the company's 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, TOBEY CHOU | 1 | 27.8% | +51.9% |
| PAUDEL, PRADEEP | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659373 | PACKING DEVICE FOR SMOKING CONES | LE, TOBEY CHOU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659373 | PACKING DEVICE FOR SMOKING CONES | LE, TOBEY CHOU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1747 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18659373 | PACKING DEVICE FOR SMOKING CONES | LE, TOBEY CHOU | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18601434 | COLLAPSIBLE SHIELDING DEVICE FOR SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHOD THEREFOR | PAUDEL, PRADEEP | 4100 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBbk Tobacco & Foods LLP has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tobey Chou Le has the most, with 1 of Bbk Tobacco & Foods LLP's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
