Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Photara Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is being reviewed in 1 distinct art unit by 1 distinct examiner. The company's current patent prosecution activity is entirely focused on this one application, which represents their total active presence at the patent office.
TRAN, UYEN M is the busiest examiner, holding the 1 pending office action. For practitioners, this means that the company's immediate goals in the chemistry sector are tied to the results of this specific examination. Understanding the examiner's specific approach to materials-based claims will be essential for a successful outcome, as there are no other active matters to provide alternative paths for patent protection.
The concentration of 1 pending office action with 1 examiner in 1 art unit allows for a highly focused prosecution strategy. A practitioner can dedicate all resources to addressing the specific feedback from TRAN, UYEN M without the need to manage multiple examiners or units. However, this also means that the company's current standing in the Chemistry & Materials area is entirely dependent on the outcome of this single case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, UYEN M | 1 | 31.2% | +39.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19539091 | CONDUCTIVE, MULTILAYER STACKS FOR USE IN SILICON SOLAR CELLS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME INCLUDING LASER-BASED PROCESSES | TRAN, UYEN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19539091 | CONDUCTIVE, MULTILAYER STACKS FOR USE IN SILICON SOLAR CELLS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME INCLUDING LASER-BASED PROCESSES | TRAN, UYEN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19539091 | CONDUCTIVE, MULTILAYER STACKS FOR USE IN SILICON SOLAR CELLS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME INCLUDING LASER-BASED PROCESSES | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2026 |
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