Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kzam Corporation holds a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. Both of these actions are being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, representing a concentrated prosecution path. This arrangement suggests that the company's current applications are closely related in their technical subject matter within the Chemistry & Materials field.
RUFO, LOUIS J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. Because the total number of pending office actions is 2, RUFO, LOUIS J is responsible for the 2 pending office actions currently active. This concentration means the company's immediate patent outcomes are entirely dependent on the specific standards and interpretations of this 1 distinct examiner. For a practitioner, this situation requires a deep understanding of the historical allowance rates of RUFO, LOUIS J, as they hold the keys to both pending matters.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit further emphasizes the specialized focus of the company's intellectual property. With 2 pending office actions being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, there is a high potential for consistency in the examination process. However, it also means that any specific trend in the examiner's view of the technology will affect the entire active portfolio simultaneously across the 1 distinct art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 2 | 54.6% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548195 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROPERTIES OF ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548171 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| 18548195 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROPERTIES OF ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18548171 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18548195 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROPERTIES OF ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKzam Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Louis J Rufo has the most, with 2 of Kzam Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
