Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sodastream Industries Ltd. is currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action. This single matter is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU. As the only examiner currently assigned to the portfolio, EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU is also the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. This concentration of 1 pending office action with a single individual simplifies the communication and negotiation process for the applicant.
The prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the company's current legal efforts are focused on a specific technical domain. This lack of diversity in art units means that the applicant does not need to account for varying procedural standards across different groups within the patent office. With only 1 pending office action to address, the administrative burden on the company is relatively low.
For patent practitioners, the primary objective is to address the concerns of the 1 distinct examiner, EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU. The strategy for the Chemistry & Materials portfolio can be highly targeted, as there are no other active cases or examiners to consider. Success in this 1 pending office action will define the current prosecution cycle, making a deep understanding of the 1 distinct art unit's specific guidelines essential.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18233865 | CARBONATION MACHINE | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18233865 | CARBONATION MACHINE | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSodastream Industries Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Miriam Nchekwubechu Ezeluomba has the most, with 1 of Sodastream Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
