Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Paul Marienfeld GmbH & Co. Kg currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action indicates a very narrow prosecution footprint for the company at this time. For the practitioner, this concentration means that the outcome of the pending portfolio rests on 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Navigating the specific requirements of the Chemistry & Materials technology area is the primary objective for this portfolio's current lifecycle, as there are no other active matters to balance.
The busiest examiner assigned to this portfolio is LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this 1 busiest examiner pending action accounts for the total volume of pending work, the individual patterns of LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN will dictate the immediate trajectory of the company's intellectual property protection. The alignment with 1 distinct examiner suggests that the technical subject matter is highly specialized. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style within the 1 distinct art unit to efficiently resolve the pending matter and secure the desired patent rights.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1 | 57.5% | +56.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452841 | CONTAINER FOR A SAMPLE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A SAMPLE WITH THE CONTAINER | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452841 | CONTAINER FOR A SAMPLE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A SAMPLE WITH THE CONTAINER | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18452841 | CONTAINER FOR A SAMPLE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A SAMPLE WITH THE CONTAINER | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPaul Marienfeld GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sophia Yuan Lyle has the most, with 1 of Paul Marienfeld GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
