Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ink-Direct LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR, who is located in 1 distinct art unit. As the busiest examiner for the company, SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The portfolio's current prosecution is highly focused on a single technical matter. The alignment of the Chemistry & Materials area with 1 distinct art unit suggests a specialized application. With only 1 pending office action, the company can focus its efforts on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical focus within the chemistry sector. This allows for a concentrated effort to resolve the pending matter. The limited number of pending actions suggests a highly manageable prosecution pipeline at this stage. This streamlined approach enables the applicant to address technical rejections with a high degree of specificity and technical depth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR | 1 | 68.6% | +20.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791896 | METHOD OF APPLYING GRAPHICS TO A SURFACE AND APPLIQUÉS FOR APPLICATION TO A SURFACE | SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791896 | METHOD OF APPLYING GRAPHICS TO A SURFACE AND APPLIQUÉS FOR APPLICATION TO A SURFACE | SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18791896 | METHOD OF APPLYING GRAPHICS TO A SURFACE AND APPLIQUÉS FOR APPLICATION TO A SURFACE | SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR | 1745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInk-Direct LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sonya Mazumdar Sengupta has the most, with 1 of Ink-Direct LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
