Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Fukuoka Cloth Industry Co. Ltd. manages 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. This involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. WEI, ZHONGQING is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The prosecution profile is currently defined by this single pending matter, which is the only active action in the company's portfolio. This 1 pending office action is the primary focus of the company's current engagement with the patent office.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a very specific technical and procedural path. Practitioners should analyze the historical patterns of WEI, ZHONGQING to effectively manage the 1 pending office action. Without other pending matters, the portfolio lacks the diversification that comes with having actions spread across different examiners. The 1 pending office action is the sole determinant of the company's current success in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, making the examiner's individual preferences a critical factor.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEI, ZHONGQING | 1 | 59.4% | +14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693747 | BIPOLAR PLATE, CELL FRAME, CELL STACK, AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY | WEI, ZHONGQING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693747 | BIPOLAR PLATE, CELL FRAME, CELL STACK, AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY | WEI, ZHONGQING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18693747 | BIPOLAR PLATE, CELL FRAME, CELL STACK, AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY | WEI, ZHONGQING | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFukuoka Cloth Industry Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zhongqing Wei has the most, with 1 of Fukuoka Cloth Industry Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
