Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kumho Tire Co. Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly focused prosecution effort. BOYLE, KARA BRADY is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. The outcome of the company's current patent filing is therefore entirely dependent on the examination practices and decisions of this specific individual.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is categorized within a specialized administrative group of Chemistry & Materials. For the practitioner, this means that prosecution strategy must be tailored to the specific norms and prior art search patterns of that unit. Since BOYLE, KARA BRADY is the only examiner currently handling a pending matter for Kumho Tire Co. Inc., their historical data regarding allowance rates and interview receptivity will be the most important factor in the prosecution process.
With 1 pending office action, there is no opportunity to compare different examiner responses or art unit efficiencies within the current portfolio. The practitioner should focus on building a clear record with the assigned examiner to resolve the 1 pending office action. Because the portfolio is concentrated in a single art unit, understanding the specific preferences of that group is essential for advancing the patent objectives of Kumho Tire Co. Inc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, KARA BRADY | 1 | 61.8% | -10.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18080532 | SOUND-ABSORBING MATERIAL FOR TIRES | BOYLE, KARA BRADY | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKumho Tire Co. Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kara Brady Boyle has the most, with 1 of Kumho Tire Co. Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
