Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Flottweg SE currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This level of activity suggests a focused expansion of the company patent portfolio. Because both actions are within 1 distinct art unit, the legal team can apply a consistent technical strategy across all pending matters.
The prosecution is highly centralized, involving only 1 distinct examiner. This means that 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by the same individual, which allows for a streamlined communication process. However, this concentration also means that the portfolio's immediate progress is entirely dependent on a single examiner's interpretation of the claims.
LIU, SHUYI S is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. Since this individual manages the entire active workload, their feedback will be the primary driver of the portfolio's success. Practitioners should ensure that responses to the 2 pending office actions are coordinated to maintain a unified position before the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, SHUYI S | 2 | 73.4% | +25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035440 | SCREW HUB, CENTRIFUGAL SCREW, AND SOLID BOWL SCREW CENTRIFUGE | LIU, SHUYI S | 62d |
| 17776461 | INLET REGION OF A CENTRIFUGE SCREW, AND SOLID BOWL CENTRIFUGE | LIU, SHUYI S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18035440 | SCREW HUB, CENTRIFUGAL SCREW, AND SOLID BOWL SCREW CENTRIFUGE | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 17776461 | INLET REGION OF A CENTRIFUGE SCREW, AND SOLID BOWL CENTRIFUGE | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFlottweg SE has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shuyi S Liu has the most, with 2 of Flottweg SE's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
