Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Micronit Holding B V has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the current prosecution process. The matter is located in 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the pending technology is categorized within a specific chemical or material science discipline. This focused placement requires a deep understanding of the specific examination guidelines prevalent in that art unit.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the only active office action in the company's current USPTO profile. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the prosecution timeline is tied to the individual throughput of this examiner. Practitioners should evaluate the specific tendencies of this art unit and examiner to optimize their response strategy. A successful outcome will depend on addressing the technical concerns of this single official while adhering to the procedural requirements of the assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1 | 77.8% | +49.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694038 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING A FLUID CHAMBER OF SUCH A DEVICE | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694038 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING A FLUID CHAMBER OF SUCH A DEVICE | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18694038 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING A FLUID CHAMBER OF SUCH A DEVICE | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMicronit Holding B V has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John Schuyler Mcguirk has the most, with 1 of Micronit Holding B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
