Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Powdertech Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for the company's current chemistry-related filing.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate engagement with the patent office is highly centralized. EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE is the only examiner involved, and this 1 pending action is the only active matter requiring attention. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit means that the company only needs to comply with the specific standards of one administrative group. This streamlined profile allows for a focused strategy to address the 1 pending action through a direct relationship with the 1 assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | 1 | 71.4% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564394 | FERRITE PARTICLES, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND FERRITE PARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD | EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18564394 | FERRITE PARTICLES, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND FERRITE PARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD | EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | 1734 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPowdertech Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lynne Renee Edmondson has the most, with 1 of Powdertech Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.