Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
National University Corporation Iwate University has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, showing a one-to-one ratio of pending actions to examiners. Furthermore, the portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, which indicates that each pending action is likely situated in a different technical niche.
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for half of the current pending workload. The other 1 pending office action is managed by the second of the 2 distinct examiners.
The distribution across 2 distinct art units means that practitioners must navigate the procedural nuances of two different sections of the office. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the university faces two independent sets of examiner preferences. Monitoring the 1 busiest examiner pending office action assigned to BAREFORD, KATHERINE A is essential for managing the current prosecution pipeline effectively.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.9% | +28.6% |
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17984626 | FLUORINATED AMIDE COMPOUND, COMPOUND CONTAINING FLUORINATED NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC RING, AND FLUORINATED COMPOUND | KAHN, RACHEL | 187d overdue |
| 18572323 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PLATED SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 46d 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17984626 | FLUORINATED AMIDE COMPOUND, COMPOUND CONTAINING FLUORINATED NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC RING, AND FLUORINATED COMPOUND | KAHN, RACHEL | 187d overdue |
| 18572323 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PLATED SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 46d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18572323 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PLATED SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 17984626 | FLUORINATED AMIDE COMPOUND, COMPOUND CONTAINING FLUORINATED NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC RING, AND FLUORINATED COMPOUND | KAHN, RACHEL | 1766 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 187d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNational University Corporation Iwate University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Katherine A Bareford has the most, with 1 of National University Corporation Iwate University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
