Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd. is currently prosecuting a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The data shows 1 pending office action, which is the only active matter for the company at this time. This 1 pending office action is under the review of MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. Since MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate patenting goals are focused on this individual interaction.
The prosecution profile is concentrated, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's innovations are situated within a specific technical niche of Chemistry & Materials. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the company faces a singular set of administrative guidelines and examination standards. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy does not need to account for varying examiner temperaments across the portfolio. This 1 pending office action serves as the primary focus for the company's legal efforts, as there are no other active actions to manage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1 | 24.2% | +8.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17793361 | LOW-HARM CIGARETTE SUBJECTED TO SMOKE ENHANCEMENT | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17793361 | LOW-HARM CIGARETTE SUBJECTED TO SMOKE ENHANCEMENT | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialChina Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John Mitchell Martin has the most, with 1 of China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
