Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Supercart South Africa (Pty) Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 action is located in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific and concentrated technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The prosecution is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the company's interactions with the patent office into 1 point of contact.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is YE, XINWEN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because this examiner manages the entirety of the company's current pending workload, practitioners can expect a consistent set of feedback and requirements throughout the examination of this matter. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter is specialized within the broader Chemistry & Materials field. This streamlined prosecution environment allows for a focused legal strategy, as there are no competing examiner perspectives or varying art unit standards to navigate. The company's current activity is thus characterized by a focus on 1 technical area under the review of 1 specific official.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.1% | +44.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950917 | Apparatus for and Method of Forming a Shopping Basket Body with Interchangeable Side Panels | YE, XINWEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950917 | Apparatus for and Method of Forming a Shopping Basket Body with Interchangeable Side Panels | YE, XINWEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950917 | Apparatus for and Method of Forming a Shopping Basket Body with Interchangeable Side Panels | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSupercart South Africa (Pty) Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Xinwen Ye has the most, with 1 of Supercart South Africa (Pty) Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
