Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The company patent portfolio for Cmdc Labs is concentrated in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There is 1 pending office action in the current prosecution cycle. This application is being reviewed by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit.
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is equal to this examiner's pending count, the entire active workload is managed by a single person. This centralization ensures that all communication regarding the portfolio is directed to one office contact.
For those overseeing the Chemistry & Materials applications, the use of a single distinct art unit indicates a focused technical classification. The total workload represents the full extent of the current prosecution activity. Practitioners can focus their legal arguments on the specific requirements of the individual examiner assigned to the case.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1 | 77.8% | +49.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490429 | NONCLINICAL METHOD FOR TESTING MEDICAL DEVICE SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH MIGRATING CELLS IN SIMULATED IN VIVO ENVIRONMENT | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490429 | NONCLINICAL METHOD FOR TESTING MEDICAL DEVICE SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH MIGRATING CELLS IN SIMULATED IN VIVO ENVIRONMENT | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18490429 | NONCLINICAL METHOD FOR TESTING MEDICAL DEVICE SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH MIGRATING CELLS IN SIMULATED IN VIVO ENVIRONMENT | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCmdc Labs has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John Schuyler Mcguirk has the most, with 1 of Cmdc Labs's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
