Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Restrain Company Limited has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This shows a concentrated effort in a specific chemistry niche. The use of 1 art unit suggests that the subject matter is specialized, requiring adherence to a specific set of technical guidelines and precedents.
KIM, BRYAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. With 1 examiner and 1 art unit involved, the prosecution outcome for this company is currently dependent on the specific standards of this 1 official. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examination history of KIM, BRYAN to effectively navigate the requirements of the Chemistry & Materials sector. This centralized approach ensures that the strategy remains focused on a single set of examiner expectations, which can simplify the management of the company's pending intellectual property.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.2% | +36.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646928 | Method for providing an ethylene environment in a crop store and an ethylene environment control system | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646928 | Method for providing an ethylene environment in a crop store and an ethylene environment control system | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18646928 | Method for providing an ethylene environment in a crop store and an ethylene environment control system | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRestrain Company Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bryan Kim has the most, with 1 of Restrain Company Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
