Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Skylight Inc. is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently features 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company is managing multiple patent applications simultaneously across various technical classifications.
HOBAN, MATTHEW E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This means that HOBAN, MATTHEW E is responsible for 1 of the 2 pending office actions. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the subject matter spans different technical groups within the patent office, requiring a versatile prosecution approach.
For a practitioner, the presence of 2 distinct examiners requires a flexible strategy. While HOBAN, MATTHEW E handles 1 busiest examiner pending action, the other pending matter is overseen by a different individual. Success in these 2 pending office actions depends on addressing the specific requirements of each of the 2 distinct art units involved in the process.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBAN, MATTHEW E | 1 | 60.4% | +25.6% |
| LE, HOA T | 1 | 72.7% | +11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138764 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | HOBAN, MATTHEW E | — |
| 18305604 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | LE, HOA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18138764 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | HOBAN, MATTHEW E | 1734 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18305604 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | LE, HOA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSkylight Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Matthew E Hoban has the most, with 1 of Skylight Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
