Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Haberdash Group Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application is reviewed independently. The prosecution activity is also split across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical focus is categorized into different specialized divisions at the USPTO.
CHANDHOK, JENNA N is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With a total of 2 pending office actions, each of the 2 distinct examiners is responsible for one matter. This distribution prevents any single examiner or art unit from becoming a central point of delay for the company's filings.
Practitioners should note that the 2 distinct art units may have different examination standards. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage two separate prosecution tracks within the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active workload for the company's patent portfolio and require individualized attention.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDHOK, JENNA N | 1 | 53.8% | +31.1% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.2% | +23.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752602 | LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING APPARATUS | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18918630 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOW-MAINTENANCE CLOTHING APPARATUS | CHANDHOK, JENNA N | — |
| 18752602 | LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING APPARATUS | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918630 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOW-MAINTENANCE CLOTHING APPARATUS | CHANDHOK, JENNA N | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18752602 | LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING APPARATUS | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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