Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brita SE is currently navigating the patent prosecution process with 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being processed within 1 distinct art unit. The data shows that the company's current interactions with the USPTO are limited to this technical and administrative channel.
The busiest examiner for the company is MENON, KRISHNAN S, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this count is the same as the total number of pending office actions, this individual is responsible for the company's entire active workload at the patent office. The reliance on the assigned official means that the immediate patenting outcomes are subject to the specific scrutiny of this individual within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
For patent practitioners, the involvement of only the distinct art unit provides a specific environment for prosecution strategy. The presence of the assigned examiner means there is no current opportunity to compare examiner behaviors across different matters for this applicant. Success in the current cycle depends on addressing the concerns raised in the pending office action, as it represents the company's current footprint at the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18717117 | FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE THEREFOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RANGE OF THE CARTRIDGES | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18717117 | FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE THEREFOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RANGE OF THE CARTRIDGES | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18717117 | FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE THEREFOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RANGE OF THE CARTRIDGES | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBrita SE has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Krishnan S Menon has the most, with 1 of Brita SE's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
