Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Evolv LLC maintains a portfolio with 5 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 5 pending office actions are being reviewed by 5 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter has a unique point of contact. Despite the variety of examiners, the work is concentrated within 3 distinct art units, suggesting a thematic clustering of the company's chemical research.
The busiest examiner for the company is ZHONG, XIN Y, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. With 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions, the prosecution workload is spread across the assigned staff. The 3 distinct art units represent the specific technical niches within Chemistry & Materials where Evolv LLC is most active.
For those managing this portfolio, the presence of 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units requires a versatile approach to prosecution. Although ZHONG, XIN Y is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the lack of examiner concentration means that no single individual's tendencies will dominate the portfolio. The 5 pending office actions provide multiple opportunities for the company to secure rights across its 3 distinct art units.
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 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHONG, XIN Y | 1 | 76.5% | +15.3% |
| EFTA, ALEX B | 1 | 59.9% | +25.3% |
| SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY | 1 | 55.3% | +25.6% |
| YAARY, ERIC | 1 | 73.8% | +2.5% |
| PHAM, VU PHI | 1 | 48.1% | +14.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZER ANALYSIS | ZHONG, XIN Y | — |
| 18699577 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VAPORIZING A VISCOUS MATERIAL | EFTA, ALEX B | — |
| 18226040 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER FOR SOLID MATERIALS WITH MULTIPLE-TEMPERATURE HEATING SYSTEM | SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZER ANALYSIS | ZHONG, XIN Y | — |
| 18699577 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VAPORIZING A VISCOUS MATERIAL | EFTA, ALEX B | — |
| 18226040 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER FOR SOLID MATERIALS WITH MULTIPLE-TEMPERATURE HEATING SYSTEM | SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY | — |
| 18030490 | ELECTRONIC SMOKING SIMULATION DEVICE WITH RESISTANCE RECORDING AND REPLAY | PHAM, VU PHI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 3 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZER ANALYSIS | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18699577 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VAPORIZING A VISCOUS MATERIAL | EFTA, ALEX B | 1745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18226040 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER FOR SOLID MATERIALS WITH MULTIPLE-TEMPERATURE HEATING SYSTEM | SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY | 1755 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 17621671 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER AND CONTROL METHOD | YAARY, ERIC | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2023 |
| 18030490 | ELECTRONIC SMOKING SIMULATION DEVICE WITH RESISTANCE RECORDING AND REPLAY | PHAM, VU PHI | 1755 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEvolv LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Xin Y Zhong has the most, with 1 of Evolv LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
