Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lock & Lock Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The company's current patent activity is focused on a single technical application within the chemistry sector. This concentrated approach simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As this is the only pending matter, the company's prosecution success relies on the interaction with this 1 examiner. The specific standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved will define the procedural path for this application. Practitioners should tailor their responses to the specific preferences of PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE.
With only 1 pending office action, the company does not have to coordinate between different examiners or art units. However, this also means that any delays from the 1 distinct examiner will affect the entire active portfolio. Monitoring the typical response times and allowance rates for PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE within the Chemistry & Materials technology area is essential for setting realistic expectations for the outcome of this matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18507581 | Composition for food container and method for manufacturing food container using same | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18507581 | Composition for food container and method for manufacturing food container using same | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLock & Lock Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Savannah Grace Phillips has the most, with 1 of Lock & Lock Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
