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
Lynas Rare Earths Limited is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, SMITA S, who also serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Having only 1 distinct examiner involved suggests that the applicant can focus their resources on meeting the specific expectations of a single USPTO official.
The active workload is contained within 1 distinct art unit, which is consistent with the specialized Chemistry & Materials focus of the portfolio. This lack of distribution across multiple art units simplifies the administrative oversight required for the 1 pending office action. Practitioners can expect a more uniform procedural experience without the need to reconcile different art unit practices.
With 1 pending office action assigned to 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the current prosecution landscape is exceptionally concentrated. PATEL, SMITA S is the sole examiner responsible for the portfolio's pending matters, making their individual review patterns a critical factor in the company's success. This streamlined structure allows for a direct and efficient communication strategy during the patent acquisition process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, SMITA S | 1 | 70.3% | +57.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18501478 | MATERIALS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONVERTING RARE EARTH DOUBLE SULFATES INTO RARE EARTH CARBONATES | PATEL, SMITA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18501478 | MATERIALS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONVERTING RARE EARTH DOUBLE SULFATES INTO RARE EARTH CARBONATES | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLynas Rare Earths Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Smita S Patel has the most, with 1 of Lynas Rare Earths Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.