Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bio-Energy Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to a single examiner, SORKIN, DAVID L. This concentration suggests that the company's current filings are closely related and are being handled by a single specialist in the field.
The company's prosecution is highly consolidated, featuring 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. SORKIN, DAVID L is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. Having a single examiner handle the entire pending portfolio can lead to more consistent and predictable feedback across the different applications.
Because a distinct examiner is handling all pending office actions, the corporation may experience a unified prosecution experience. This concentration in a distinct art unit simplifies the administrative oversight of the pending portfolio and allows for a more streamlined communication strategy. Practitioners should focus on addressing the specific concerns of this examiner to advance the pending matters efficiently.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 2 | 67.5% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681248 | LIQUID SPRINKLING DEVICE AND REACTION APPARATUS USING SAME | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681627 | LIQUID SPRINKLING DEVICE AND LIQUID SPRINKLING APPARATUS USING SAME | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18681248 | LIQUID SPRINKLING DEVICE AND REACTION APPARATUS USING SAME | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18681627 | LIQUID SPRINKLING DEVICE AND LIQUID SPRINKLING APPARATUS USING SAME | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18681248 | LIQUID SPRINKLING DEVICE AND REACTION APPARATUS USING SAME | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBio-Energy Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David L Sorkin has the most, with 2 of Bio-Energy Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
