Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hubei Institute Of Aerospace Chemical Technology maintains 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the portfolio's current challenges are spread across different personnel and administrative divisions. The separation into different units suggests that the chemical technologies being patented are distinct enough to require different specialized oversight.
The busiest examiner, DESAI, ANISH P, is currently handling 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for a portion of the active workload. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the subject matter may span different chemical or material specialties within the office. For the legal team, this means managing two separate prosecution tracks, each with its own examiner and art unit standards. This structure requires a focus on the specific requirements of each 1 distinct art unit involved in the current patenting efforts.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESAI, ANISH P | 1 | 45.5% | +6.1% |
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1 | 51.7% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636257 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636257 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18576480 | ANIONIC EXPLOSION-PROOF MEMBRANE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | DESAI, ANISH P | 1788 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18636257 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHubei Institute Of Aerospace Chemical Technology has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Anish P Desai has the most, with 1 of Hubei Institute Of Aerospace Chemical Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
