Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ilimex Limited currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The presence of only 1 pending office action indicates a narrow window of active prosecution at the present time. This concentration allows the company to focus its resources on a specific set of claims within the chemistry sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is JOYNER, KEVIN, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total count is limited to this single case, the examiner is responsible for the company's entire active docket. Success in the Chemistry & Materials technology area depends on addressing the specific feedback from JOYNER, KEVIN within the assigned 1 distinct art unit. There is no need to reconcile conflicting requirements from multiple examiners. The prosecution strategy is entirely defined by the interaction with the assigned examiner regarding the active matter. This singular focus requires a precise and data-driven response to the examiner's specific concerns to advance the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOYNER, KEVIN | 1 | 68.3% | +23.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267966 | AIR STERILISATION UNIT | JOYNER, KEVIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18267966 | AIR STERILISATION UNIT | JOYNER, KEVIN | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIlimex Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kevin Joyner has the most, with 1 of Ilimex Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
