Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Swiss Tech Innovation AG currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This activity involves 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current prosecution footprint is limited to this single pending matter. This indicates a very specific technical engagement with the patent office at this time. The concentration in a single art unit means that the specialized review is localized within one division of the patent office.
George R Koch is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates a very specific technical and administrative focus for the current filings. This centralized prosecution status means all active feedback from the patent office originates from a single source. This structure allows for a consistent dialogue with the patent office, as all feedback originates from the same examiner and specialized division. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current patenting efforts are concentrated on a specific niche within the chemistry and materials field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOCH, GEORGE R | 1 | 72.8% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043221 | PIPE JOINT APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT | KOCH, GEORGE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19043221 | PIPE JOINT APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT | KOCH, GEORGE R | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSwiss Tech Innovation AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
George R Koch has the most, with 1 of Swiss Tech Innovation AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
