Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Char Systems LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, PO, MING CHEUNG. Because there is only one examiner involved, PO, MING CHEUNG is designated as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular point of contact within the USPTO for the company's Chemistry & Materials filings.
The presence of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy is currently very streamlined. Practitioners do not have to navigate multiple examiner preferences or the procedural requirements of different art units. Instead, they can focus on the specific examination style of PO, MING CHEUNG for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technology is highly specialized. With only 1 pending office action, the administrative burden is low, allowing for a dedicated approach to securing the patent rights in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 1:1:1 ratio of actions to examiners to art units provides a clear and direct path for the current prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18803782 | METHOD OF GRILLING | PO, MING CHEUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18803782 | METHOD OF GRILLING | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialChar Systems LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ming Cheung Po has the most, with 1 of Char Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
