Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cytech S R L is managing 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. STEELE, JENNIFER A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action.
With 2 pending office actions being handled by 2 distinct examiners, the company faces two separate review processes. This distribution across 2 distinct art units further indicates that these matters are being evaluated in different specialized sections of the patent office. No single examiner or art unit holds more than one of the pending actions, which provides a degree of diversification for the company.
For the practitioner, the presence of 2 distinct examiners means that the prosecution strategy must be adapted to two different individual styles. The busiest examiner, STEELE, JENNIFER A, handles only 1 of the 2 pending office actions, ensuring that the workload is evenly spread. This structure in the Chemistry & Materials area allows the company to pursue multiple technical paths without being overly dependent on a single examiner's decision.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1 | 48.7% | +33.5% |
| TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1 | 61.3% | +23.9% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697285 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PADDING AND PADDING THUS PRODUCED | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 30d overdue |
| 18697256 | GARMENT WITH PADDING AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION METHOD | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697256 | GARMENT WITH PADDING AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION METHOD | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18697285 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PADDING AND PADDING THUS PRODUCED | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCytech S R L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jennifer A Steele has the most, with 1 of Cytech S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
