Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Foss Analytical A/S is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution is also reflected in the 2 distinct art units involved in the company's prosecution. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HUANG, MICKEY NMN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This examiner handles 1 of the company's 2 pending office actions.
The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's Chemistry & Materials innovations are being evaluated across different technical classifications. This variety in examiners and art units provides Foss Analytical A/S with a broader range of feedback from the patent office. The prosecution strategy must account for the specific requirements of 2 art units to successfully resolve the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should coordinate their approach to ensure consistency across the 2 distinct examiners while respecting the unique technical standards of each art unit. This diversified examiner engagement reduces the impact of any 1 examiner's decision on the overall portfolio. The company's focus on Chemistry & Materials is currently split between these 2 active prosecution paths.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1 | 60.0% | +48.0% |
| YOUNG, NATASHA E | 1 | 83.0% | +9.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245440 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIETARY FIBER AND A SAMPLE CONTAINER | YOUNG, NATASHA E | 43d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561163 | SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18245440 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIETARY FIBER AND A SAMPLE CONTAINER | YOUNG, NATASHA E | 1774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFoss Analytical A/S has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Mickey Nmn Huang has the most, with 1 of Foss Analytical A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
