Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hd Microsystems currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution effort. The data shows 0 distinct art units, which indicates the portfolio's current active matter is not yet assigned to or categorized within a specific art unit in this dataset. This administrative status may reflect an early stage in the filing process.
The busiest examiner for the company is BUTCHER, ROBERT T, who is overseeing 1 pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total pending workload for Hd Microsystems. With 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's current prosecution efforts are focused on a single point of contact at the patent office. Practitioners should note that the immediate success of the portfolio depends on the review by BUTCHER, ROBERT T.
The presence of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner means that the company's interaction with the patent office is currently centralized. The absence of art unit data suggests a need to monitor the administrative status of the filing as it progresses through the examination process. For a patent practitioner, the outcome of this single action will define the company's current progress in securing intellectual property rights.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1 | 71.3% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18291329 | SOLUBLE POLYIMIDES FOR COATING ON POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18291329 | SOLUBLE POLYIMIDES FOR COATING ON POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHd Microsystems has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert T Butcher has the most, with 1 of Hd Microsystems's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.