Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The University Of British Columbia has 1 pending office action currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is being reviewed by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit. The prosecution profile is currently limited to this single interaction, reflecting a focused point of engagement with the patent office. For an institution, this specific snapshot shows a narrow active prosecution window in this technology area, where the outcome of the pending office action will define the current success rate for this segment of the portfolio.
ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. As the only examiner listed for the active matters, this individual is responsible for the entirety of the university's current pending workload in this technology area. The concentration in this art unit suggests the subject matter is specific to a single examination group. This structure means that the university's current chemistry-related prosecution is dependent on the findings and interpretations of this individual within the USPTO, requiring a strategy tailored to their specific examination style.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1 | 73.2% | +5.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284624 | HIGHLY POROUS MATERIALS OF CELLULOSE FROM AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18284624 | HIGHLY POROUS MATERIALS OF CELLULOSE FROM AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity Of British Columbia has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joseph David Anthony has the most, with 1 of University Of British Columbia's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
