Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Che Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Che Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, creating a direct and centralized prosecution path. The activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a specialized group within the patent office. This arrangement allows the applicant to focus their technical arguments on the specific standards used by this 1 art unit.

CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently under review. Because the busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total number of pending actions, this examiner's evaluation will determine the immediate outcome for the pending portfolio. Practitioners should analyze the specific trends of this 1 examiner to effectively navigate the requirements of the 1 art unit involved. The success of the 1 pending action depends entirely on addressing the concerns of this single examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1 67.0% +12.9%

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
18121005 Positive Electrode Active Material for Lithium-Ion Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery and Method of Manufacturing the Same CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 36d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18121005 Positive Electrode Active Material for Lithium-Ion Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery and Method of Manufacturing the Same CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 36d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1732 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18121005 Positive Electrode Active Material for Lithium-Ion Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery and Method of Manufacturing the Same CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Mar 14, 2023

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