Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Redbud Labs Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each examiner is handling exactly 1 pending action for the portfolio. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests the portfolio spans multiple specialized examination groups within the broader chemistry field. The applicant can focus resources on these specific technical dialogues to advance their claims.
ALISON CLAIRE GERHARD is identified as the busiest examiner for this company. This specific examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 2 and there are 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split. For a practitioner, this means the prosecution strategy must account for the distinct preferences of 2 different examiners across 2 separate administrative units. The lack of concentration in a single art unit requires navigating different procedural nuances within the office. This approach ensures that feedback is filtered through specific professional perspectives across the 2 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1 | 40.9% | +21.7% |
| HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.4% | +43.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281160 | MODULAR MICROVALVES FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18023123 | Modular Active Surface Devices for Microfluidic Systems and Methods of Making Same Including Adhesive-Free Assembly | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 69d |
| 18281160 | MODULAR MICROVALVES FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18281160 | MODULAR MICROVALVES FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18023123 | Modular Active Surface Devices for Microfluidic Systems and Methods of Making Same Including Adhesive-Free Assembly | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRedbud Labs Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Alison Claire Gerhard has the most, with 1 of Redbud Labs Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
