Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is managed by 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution activity is limited to this single pending matter, reflecting a focused technical effort within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Sarah Catherine Case is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This 1 action is the only pending office action currently active for the portfolio. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates a streamlined prosecution path. This structure suggests that the company's immediate progress depends on the resolution of this single action.
The 1 pending office action under Sarah Catherine Case represents the entirety of the company's current pending workload. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution landscape is straightforward. Success for the current portfolio is tied to this single point of contact. The data shows a very specific administrative and technical scope for the company's active filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1 | 41.1% | +50.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681063 | GEOPOLYMER MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18681063 | GEOPOLYMER MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18681063 | GEOPOLYMER MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSinopec Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sarah Catherine Case has the most, with 1 of Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
