Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ctk Research And Development Canada Ltd. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's chemical research covers a variety of specialized technical fields. Because each action is in a different art unit, the prosecution strategy must be highly adaptable to the unique examination cultures and technical requirements of 3 distinct art units.
The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, with each of the 3 pending office actions assigned to a different individual. MATZEK, MATTHEW D is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. This decentralized arrangement means that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the company's patent outcomes. To succeed in Chemistry & Materials, the company must provide specialized technical arguments that satisfy the 3 distinct examiners involved. Managing 3 pending office actions in this manner requires a coordinated effort to maintain consistency while addressing the specific prior art and legal issues raised in each of the 3 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1 | 46.4% | +36.0% |
| AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | 1 | 78.7% | +15.9% |
| DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1 | 74.8% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686550 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577293 | BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BASED BIOCOMPOSITES | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 77d |
| 18711833 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18686550 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711833 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18686550 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MAKING BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18577293 | BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BASED BIOCOMPOSITES | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1763 | §112 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCtk Research And Development Canada Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Matthew D Matzek has the most, with 1 of Ctk Research And Development Canada Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
