Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is under the review of a different person. Despite having 2 examiners, the prosecution activity is located within 1 distinct art unit, which provides the technical oversight for the company's Chemistry & Materials applications. This indicates a technical focus within 1 distinct art unit despite the involvement of different reviewers.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LUK, VANESSA TIBAY, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner handles a part of the company's 2 pending office actions. The presence of 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit indicates that while the technical field is consistent, the company must navigate the preferences of different reviewers. This structure requires a strategy that addresses the requirements of each examiner while maintaining consistency within the art unit to resolve the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1 | 54.5% | +26.3% |
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.6% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568536 | A METAL AGGLOMERATE PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568536 | A METAL AGGLOMERATE PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — |
| 18546416 | METAL OXIDE MATERIAL REDUCTION MEANS | ZHENG, LOIS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18568536 | A METAL AGGLOMERATE PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18546416 | METAL OXIDE MATERIAL REDUCTION MEANS | ZHENG, LOIS L | 1733 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLuossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Vanessa Tibay Luk has the most, with 1 of Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
