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
Pangang Group Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular technical focus for the company's current chemical patent applications. This centralized activity suggests a specific research output is currently under USPTO review. Practitioners should note that this structure allows for a highly focused response to the examiner's findings.
The busiest examiner for the company is LUK, VANESSA TIBAY, who is handling 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner involved in the portfolio, the company's immediate prosecution success depends on the review of this single individual. This streamlined presence in the Chemistry & Materials sector simplifies the management of the company's pending intellectual property. The 1 distinct art unit reflects the specialized technical niche of the company's current filing. Because the company is only managing 1 pending office action, it can dedicate its full attention to the specific requirements of this examiner and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1 | 54.5% | +26.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277694 | A PREPARATION METHOD FOR A VANADIUM-NITROGEN ALLOY | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277694 | A PREPARATION METHOD FOR A VANADIUM-NITROGEN ALLOY | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18277694 | A PREPARATION METHOD FOR A VANADIUM-NITROGEN ALLOY | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPangang Group Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Vanessa Tibay Luk has the most, with 1 of Pangang Group Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
