Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
C I Takiron Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SHAH, SAMIR. The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, showing a focused technical scope for the pending application. This 1 pending office action represents the company's current active prosecution workload.
The busiest examiner, SHAH, SAMIR, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This matches the company's total of 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is centralized. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific tendencies of this single examiner. The technical requirements of the 1 distinct art unit will be a primary factor in the prosecution strategy. With the entire pending portfolio under SHAH, SAMIR, the company can focus its resources on a single, targeted response. This streamlined structure in the Chemistry & Materials area allows for a highly efficient patent acquisition process. Practitioners should carefully review the examiner's history to ensure a successful outcome.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19119102 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19119102 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| 18996590 | STRETCHED FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19119102 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 18996590 | STRETCHED FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialC I Takiron Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael N Zhang has the most, with 1 of C I Takiron Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
