Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. PROCTOR, CACHET I is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 of the pending office actions.
With the distinct examiners involved, the company must manage separate prosecution paths across the distinct art units. This requires the company to adapt its technical arguments to the specific preferences of each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.2% | +5.8% |
| MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1 | 80.4% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006834 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPOSITION FOR 3-D PRINTED OBJECT | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 153d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006834 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPOSITION FOR 3-D PRINTED OBJECT | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 153d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881513 | INTERLEAVANT PARTICLES FOR LOCATION BETWEEN GLASS SHEETS | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18006834 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPOSITION FOR 3-D PRINTED OBJECT | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1765 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 153d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMitsubishi Chemical UK Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Cachet I Proctor has the most, with 1 of Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
