Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ct Systems GmbH & Co. Kg currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution focus is highly concentrated, with all current activity localized to a single point of contact within the USPTO. This suggests a streamlined approach where the company is currently focused on a specific technical advancement rather than a broad array of filings.
THOMAS, BINU is the busiest examiner, managing the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is highly direct. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and tendencies of this individual examiner. This centralized examination structure allows for a more predictable interaction with the patent office, as there are no competing examiner styles or differing art unit standards to navigate for the current pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, BINU | 1 | 72.9% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18516390 | METHOD AND PROCESS ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRODE FOR A BATTERY CELL | THOMAS, BINU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18516390 | METHOD AND PROCESS ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRODE FOR A BATTERY CELL | THOMAS, BINU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18516390 | METHOD AND PROCESS ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRODE FOR A BATTERY CELL | THOMAS, BINU | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCt Systems GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Binu Thomas has the most, with 1 of Ct Systems GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
