Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Liconic AG currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating that the company is engaging with multiple reviewers at the USPTO. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the applications cover different technical sub-fields within the broader Chemistry & Materials category.
The busiest examiner for the company is KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This means that the 2 pending office actions are split between the 2 distinct examiners, with each managing 1 case. This lack of examiner concentration requires the company to manage 2 separate prosecution styles simultaneously.
For practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners implies that the prosecution strategy must be tailored to each individual application. Insights from 1 case may not be applicable to the other, as they are being reviewed in different art units. The 1 busiest examiner pending action under KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH represents a portion of the company's current pending workload.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1 | 31.1% | +64.4% |
| KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | 1 | 69.8% | +21.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698208 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR TUBE RACKS WITH A CAROUSEL AND A TUBE PICKER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18573526 | INCUBATOR WITH SHAKING MECHANISM | KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698208 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR TUBE RACKS WITH A CAROUSEL AND A TUBE PICKER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | — |
| 18573526 | INCUBATOR WITH SHAKING MECHANISM | KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698208 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR TUBE RACKS WITH A CAROUSEL AND A TUBE PICKER | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18573526 | INCUBATOR WITH SHAKING MECHANISM | KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA | 1799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLiconic AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Benjamin Joseph Kass has the most, with 1 of Liconic AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
