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
Kuraray Kuraflex Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. The current prosecution for this portfolio is concentrated in a single matter.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the success of the portfolio is tied to the specific examination process of GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN. There are no other pending actions or examiners to consider. The strategy should be focused on the specific rules and practices of the 1 art unit where this chemistry and materials application is being reviewed. This focus suggests a specific patent strategy within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The lack of additional pending actions means that legal resources are currently directed toward this matter. Consequently, the interaction with the assigned examiner is the critical factor for the company current intellectual property goals. Practitioners must be prepared to address the technical nuances of the Chemistry & Materials area as interpreted by this examiner. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the current prosecution risk for the company. There are no other pending actions or examiners to consider at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 29.7% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841900 | FIBER SHEET | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841900 | FIBER SHEET | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841900 | FIBER SHEET | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialKuraray Kuraflex Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jennifer Ann Gillett has the most, with 1 of Kuraray Kuraflex Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.