Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Twiice New Zealand Limited holds a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company is currently managing 1 pending office action. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused distribution indicates that the company's current patenting efforts are limited to a specific technical field. The data reflects a portfolio that is not currently experiencing broad or diverse prosecution activity across the patent office. This arrangement suggests a streamlined approach to intellectual property management for its materials-based innovations.
The busiest examiner for Twiice New Zealand Limited is THAKUR, VIREN A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This examiner has 1 busiest examiner pending case, which is the same as the total number of pending actions for the company. Consequently, the entire current workload is under the supervision of this 1 individual. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical merits of the application are being judged by 1 specialized division. This arrangement provides a unified prosecution environment but also means the company's success depends on the perspective of THAKUR, VIREN A. The narrow scope of 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the current prosecution pipeline and allows for highly tailored legal arguments.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.3% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284832 | BIODEGRADABLE AND/OR EDIBLE TABLEWARE | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284832 | BIODEGRADABLE AND/OR EDIBLE TABLEWARE | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18284832 | BIODEGRADABLE AND/OR EDIBLE TABLEWARE | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTwiice New Zealand Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Viren A Thakur has the most, with 1 of Twiice New Zealand Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
