Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Starfire Energy is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a very specific and singular technical focus for the company's current patent activity. Because only 1 action is pending, the company's immediate legal strategy is entirely concentrated on this specific case.
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on record. This examiner's individual review process will determine the outcome for the company's current efforts in the Chemistry & Materials field. The alignment of the examiner and the art unit for the pending work suggests a highly focused prosecution environment. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the specific tendencies of the assigned examiner within that single art unit. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units simplifies the administrative burden but places high importance on the single case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID DESORPTION OF POLAR MOLECULE BEARING ADSORBENT MATERIAL USING RF ENERGY | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18728806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID DESORPTION OF POLAR MOLECULE BEARING ADSORBENT MATERIAL USING RF ENERGY | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialStarfire Energy 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 Starfire Energy's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
