Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Smartfiber AG maintains a company patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently shows 1 pending office action. This specific matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KHAN, AMINA S. The prosecution footprint is limited to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated examination environment. KHAN, AMINA S serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This alignment between the 1 pending office action and the busiest examiner's workload confirms that all current USPTO engagement is managed by a single individual. For a patent practitioner, this concentration suggests that the outcome of the current portfolio activity depends entirely on the interpretation of 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The Chemistry & Materials focus remains consistent across this singular point of contact. This lack of examiner diversity requires a highly tailored approach to the specific preferences of the assigned official. Practitioners should prepare for a focused dialogue within this specific art unit to advance the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.6% | +43.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17721104 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE WITH HIGH ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY, CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE, TEXTILE PRODUCT COMPRISING CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE, AND GARMENT OR PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING SAID CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE OR TEXTILE PRODUCT | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17721104 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE WITH HIGH ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY, CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE, TEXTILE PRODUCT COMPRISING CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE, AND GARMENT OR PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING SAID CELLULOSIC FUNCTIONAL FIBRE OR TEXTILE PRODUCT | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSmartfiber AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Amina S Khan has the most, with 1 of Smartfiber AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
