Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Chromacon AG has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. Such a concentrated portfolio indicates a specific focus for the company's current patenting activities, likely centered on a specialized chemical process or material. For the patent practitioner, this means that the prosecution strategy must be exceptionally precise, as there are no other pending matters to provide a buffer or alternative route to allowance.
The busiest examiner, PERRIN, CLARE M, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since this is the only pending action for the company, the prosecution timeline is entirely tied to the feedback and requirements provided by this specific examiner. Understanding the examiner's specific approach to the Chemistry & Materials art unit is essential for advancing this application. The company's current ability to expand its protected technology in this field rests solely on the outcome of this individual examiner's review process.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRIN, CLARE M | 1 | 68.3% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685404 | PURIFICATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685404 | PURIFICATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18685404 | PURIFICATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF | PERRIN, CLARE M | 1779 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialChromacon AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Clare M Perrin has the most, with 1 of Chromacon AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
