Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Carboniferous Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus. The alignment of the action with the identified art unit suggests that the company's current patent strategy is focused on a specific technical niche within the broader chemistry sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is MCCRACKEN, DANIEL, who manages 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the total volume of the company's current pending office actions. Because the named official is the only examiner assigned to the case, the company's immediate prosecution outcomes are entirely dependent on the review and internal practices of this specific individual.
Practitioners should note that the presence of only a single distinct examiner across the portfolio simplifies the administrative burden of tracking multiple responses. However, this concentration also means that any delays or specific requirements from MCCRACKEN, DANIEL will impact the company's entire pending inventory. The 1 pending office action represents the full scope of active USPTO engagement for the company at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1 | 71.9% | +16.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559867 | CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN ANOXIC ZONES | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559867 | CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN ANOXIC ZONES | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18559867 | CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN ANOXIC ZONES | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCarboniferous Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel Mccracken has the most, with 1 of Carboniferous Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
