Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Befc currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and is situated in 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a highly focused and singular technical objective for the company's current patent activities.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is OLSEN, KAJ K, who is managing 1 pending office action. As this is the only pending action for the company, the outcome of the prosecution depends entirely on the interaction with this specific examiner. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences and historical patterns of this 1 distinct examiner to move the case toward allowance.
The concentration of the 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative burden of the prosecution process. There are no conflicting examiner viewpoints or varying art unit standards to navigate. The entire current effort is centered on the 1 pending office action under the review of OLSEN, KAJ K, allowing for a streamlined and efficient legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSEN, KAJ K | 1 | 55.1% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721191 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF A BIOFUEL CELL AND A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | OLSEN, KAJ K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721191 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF A BIOFUEL CELL AND A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | OLSEN, KAJ K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18721191 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF A BIOFUEL CELL AND A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | OLSEN, KAJ K | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBefc has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kaj K Olsen has the most, with 1 of Befc's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
