Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Stella Chemifa Corporation

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOBBS, MICHAEL L 2 68.8% +28.2%
WHITELEY, JESSICA 1 88.6% +7.1%
KOSLOW, CAROL M 1 81.7% +12.1%
AHMED, SHAMIM 1 78.5% +22.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18709948 NEUTRON SHIELDING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WHITELEY, JESSICA —
18691203 RED PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME KOSLOW, CAROL M —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18259250 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L —
18259237 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18691203 RED PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME KOSLOW, CAROL M —
18259250 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L —
18259237 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L —
18251334 MICROMACHINING PROCESSING AGENT AND MICROMACHINING PROCESSING METHOD AHMED, SHAMIM —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1799 1
1632 1
1713 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18709948 NEUTRON SHIELDING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WHITELEY, JESSICA — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18691203 RED PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME KOSLOW, CAROL M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18259250 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1799 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18259237 CELL CULTURE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE THEREOF HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1632 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18251334 MICROMACHINING PROCESSING AGENT AND MICROMACHINING PROCESSING METHOD AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 01, 2023

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