Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mico Ceramics Ltd. has 7 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This ratio suggests that some examiners are handling more than one application for the company. The presence of 7 pending office actions indicates a significant level of active prosecution within the chemistry and materials field.
SANG YEOP PAIK is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. The remaining 5 pending actions are managed by 4 other distinct examiners. With 4 distinct art units involved, the company's chemistry-related filings are spread across several different technical groups at the patent office. This requires the applicant to be familiar with the specific examination practices of four different administrative groups. SANG YEOP PAIK holds a higher individual workload than the other 5 distinct examiners.
The involvement of 4 distinct art units for the 7 pending office actions implies a degree of technical diversity within the company's filings. Practitioners should be prepared for varying procedural expectations across these different units. Coordinating arguments across the 5 distinct examiners will be necessary to maintain a cohesive patent strategy. The portfolio's distribution requires the applicant to manage multiple examiner relationships while adhering to the standards of several administrative groups for Mico Ceramics Ltd.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAIK, SANG YEOP | 2 | 65.5% | +16.3% |
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 2 | 68.5% | +16.2% |
| EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 1 | 62.7% | +21.6% |
| WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1 | 73.8% | -1.1% |
| BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1 | 52.5% | +19.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 12d |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 40d |
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| 18538038 | SUSCEPTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 12d |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 40d |
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| 18657824 | SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18451195 | SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPRESS CRACK GENERATION | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 3 |
| 1712 | 2 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19002839 | Ceramic Susceptor | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3761 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18952941 | CERAMIC HEATER | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 3761 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18657824 | SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SUSCEPTOR MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18538038 | SUSCEPTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18451195 | SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPRESS CRACK GENERATION | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18069496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17822742 | SUBSTRATE HEATING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY CHARACTERISTIC | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMico Ceramics Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Sang Yeop Paik has the most, with 2 of Mico Ceramics Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
