Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Microworks Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, so the profile shows no examiner or technical-unit concentration.
FREEMAN, JOHN D is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should assess each matter independently, including its claim scope, prior art, and assigned examination context.
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 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1 | 45.8% | +7.1% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 61.6% | +28.0% |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.9% |
| KELLEY, HEIDI RIVIERE | 1 | 16.1% | +21.3% |
| DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1 | 57.5% | +57.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19447180 | PAINT ARTICLE | FREEMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 19090275 | MULTILAYER FILM AND PROTECTIVE FILM INCLUDING SAME | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | — |
| 18216840 | POLYESTER FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | KELLEY, HEIDI RIVIERE | — |
| 18203848 | POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19090275 | MULTILAYER FILM AND PROTECTIVE FILM INCLUDING SAME | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | — |
| 18912075 | PACKAGE FILM AND PACKAGE MATERIAL | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | — |
| 18216840 | POLYESTER FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | KELLEY, HEIDI RIVIERE | — |
| 18203848 | POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19447180 | PAINT ARTICLE | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19090275 | MULTILAYER FILM AND PROTECTIVE FILM INCLUDING SAME | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18912075 | PACKAGE FILM AND PACKAGE MATERIAL | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18216840 | POLYESTER FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | KELLEY, HEIDI RIVIERE | 1765 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18203848 | POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMicroworks Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
John D Freeman has the most, with 1 of Microworks Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
