Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Suzhou Maizheng Technology Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 active matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a narrow focus for the company's current patent prosecution activities in this technical field, as all activity is localized to 1 point of contact.
The examiner assigned to this matter is ZHANG, RICHARD Z, who holds 1 pending office action for the company. As the only examiner currently listed, ZHANG, RICHARD Z represents the point of interaction between the company and the patent office for its pending chemistry and materials applications. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit confirms that the current prosecution is localized within 1 technical division. With 1 pending office action total, the company's immediate success in the Chemistry & Materials area rests on the evaluation of this 1 examiner within this specific art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 66.5% | +63.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794424 | METHOD FOR CLEANING PROCESS CHAMBER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794424 | METHOD FOR CLEANING PROCESS CHAMBER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18794424 | METHOD FOR CLEANING PROCESS CHAMBER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSuzhou Maizheng Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard Z Zhang has the most, with 1 of Suzhou Maizheng Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
