Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chengdu Dongwei Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This spread shows that the company's chemical filings are currently being reviewed by multiple parties in different administrative divisions. The separation into different units suggests that the chemical technologies being patented are distinct enough to require different specialized oversight.
O'KEEFE, SEAN P is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split between the two examiners. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the subject matter of these applications likely falls into different sub-specialties within chemistry and materials. For the legal team, this means managing two separate prosecution tracks, each with its own examiner and art unit standards. This structure requires a focus on the specific requirements of each 1 distinct art unit involved in the company's current chemical patenting efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.6% | +13.6% |
| PARVINI, PEGAH | 1 | 70.2% | +12.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739864 | Producing Catalyst-free PDC Cutters | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | — |
| 18670975 | FABRICATION OF DOWNHOLE DRILLING TOOLS | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739864 | Producing Catalyst-free PDC Cutters | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | — |
| 18670975 | FABRICATION OF DOWNHOLE DRILLING TOOLS | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18739864 | Producing Catalyst-free PDC Cutters | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18670975 | FABRICATION OF DOWNHOLE DRILLING TOOLS | PARVINI, PEGAH | 1731 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialChengdu Dongwei Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sean P O'Keefe has the most, with 1 of Chengdu Dongwei Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
