Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Est Inc. currently maintains 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a singular focus for the company's active prosecution. The data also identifies 1 distinct art unit associated with this pending matter.
TAUFIQ, FARAH N is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action reported in the portfolio. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit within the Chemistry & Materials sector suggests that the current filing is subject to a specific set of technical examination standards.
With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current prosecution footprint is highly concentrated. TAUFIQ, FARAH N manages the 1 pending office action, providing a clear point of contact for the practitioner. This structure allows for a focused strategy within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, as there are no other active examiners or art units to coordinate with at this time.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841778 | LOW-TEMPERATURE ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841778 | LOW-TEMPERATURE ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialEst Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Farah N Taufiq has the most, with 1 of Est Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
