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
Sftec Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is being examined by 1 distinct examiner, IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE. The busiest examiner, IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE, holds 1 pending action, representing the full extent of the company's current pending prosecution.
The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a specialized focus for this chemistry-related filing. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's near-term patent goals are concentrated on this single interaction. Effective communication with 1 distinct examiner is essential for securing these materials-based claims and advancing the broader intellectual property strategy.
The data indicates that the 1 pending office action is being reviewed within a single technical department. This concentration allows for a focused legal approach but means that the company's success in the Chemistry & Materials sector depends on the resolution of this specific case. Practitioners should prioritize the feedback from IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE to ensure the allowance of the claims.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961671 | FOLDABLE GFRP BAR MESH SYSTEM WITH ROTATIONAL CONNECTORS | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961671 | FOLDABLE GFRP BAR MESH SYSTEM WITH ROTATIONAL CONNECTORS | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961671 | FOLDABLE GFRP BAR MESH SYSTEM WITH ROTATIONAL CONNECTORS | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
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