Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating examiner-level distribution across a smaller set of technical examination settings. The difference between the action and art-unit figures means that at least one art unit contains more than one pending matter.

GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The active record is distributed among the identified examiners, so no single examiner accounts for all pending activity. Counsel should coordinate recurring chemistry and materials positions across the art-unit assignments while preparing separate responses for each examiner’s objections.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (33%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)
No statute on record1 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1 69.2% +16.6%
FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1 83.3% +8.7%
KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1 71.9% +31.3%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18462469 MECHANOCHEMICALLY CARBONATED SLAG, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF FIGUEROA, JOHN J —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18462453 MECHANOCHEMICALLY CARBONATED CLAY, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 76d
17774487 A MECHANICALLY CARBOXYLATED FLY ASH, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 2
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18462453 MECHANOCHEMICALLY CARBONATED CLAY, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §103Other Final Rejection 76d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18462469 MECHANOCHEMICALLY CARBONATED SLAG, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 07, 2023
17774487 A MECHANICALLY CARBOXYLATED FLY ASH, METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1731 Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. have?

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. applications?

Marites A Guino-O Uzzle has the most, with 1 of Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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