Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Enplas Corporation currently manages 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is reviewed by a different official. This distribution provides the company with independent perspectives on their chemistry-related applications. By spreading the workload, the company reduces the impact of any individual's examination style on the overall portfolio.
The portfolio is active across 4 distinct art units, which is nearly equal to the number of examiners involved. The busiest examiner, WONG, ERIC K, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that the company is dealing with 5 distinct examiners across 4 different specialized units, requiring a broad technical approach to its pending workload. Success in these 5 pending office actions will depend on the ability to address the specific technical standards of the art units within the USPTO.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, ERIC K | 1 | 83.8% | +7.4% |
| KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 1 | 81.4% | +29.6% |
| SINES, BRIAN J | 1 | 80.1% | +5.2% |
| WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 1 | 84.0% | +13.2% |
| LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 1 | 71.2% | +32.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273043 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE, LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM, AND LIQUID HANDLING METHOD | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 23d overdue |
| 18273314 | LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM | SINES, BRIAN J | 71d |
| 18841494 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE | WONG, ERIC K | — |
| 18663292 | LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IRRADIATION DEVICE, STERILIZATION DEVICE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18339288 | CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND INSTRUMENT | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273043 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE, LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM, AND LIQUID HANDLING METHOD | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 23d overdue |
| 18663292 | LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IRRADIATION DEVICE, STERILIZATION DEVICE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — |
| 18339288 | CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND INSTRUMENT | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841494 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE | WONG, ERIC K | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18663292 | LIGHT FLUX CONTROLLING MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IRRADIATION DEVICE, STERILIZATION DEVICE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18273314 | LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM | SINES, BRIAN J | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18273043 | LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE, LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM, AND LIQUID HANDLING METHOD | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18339288 | CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND INSTRUMENT | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEnplas Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Eric K Wong has the most, with 1 of Enplas Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
