Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shanghai Uretech Film Material Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ZHANG, MICHAEL N, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is focused within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific area of chemical innovation.
For a practitioner, the prosecution of the entire pending portfolio is currently a matter of addressing the requirements of ZHANG, MICHAEL N. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a very targeted legal and technical strategy. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the practitioner can dedicate full attention to this single matter.
However, the lack of diversity in examiners means there is no way to hedge against the specific examination habits of a single individual. The 1 busiest examiner pending action indicates that the examiner's attention is not divided among multiple cases for this specific company. Success in the Chemistry & Materials field for this portfolio depends on navigating the specific standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18834487 | MULTILAYER POLYMER MEMBRANE RETENTED BY HIGH STRESS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRODUCT THEREOF | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18834487 | MULTILAYER POLYMER MEMBRANE RETENTED BY HIGH STRESS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRODUCT THEREOF | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShanghai Uretech Film Material Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael N Zhang has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Uretech Film Material Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
