Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Up Catalyst Oü currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow and specific prosecution focus. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current chemical or material claims are limited to a single technical category. This focus allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical standards of that individual art unit.
MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action. As the only examiner active for the portfolio, their individual review will determine the immediate outcome for this case. With only 1 pending office action total, the company's current administrative burden at the patent office is low, allowing for a highly targeted prosecution strategy. This 1 distinct examiner represents the only active point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts, making their specific examination style critically important.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1 | 66.1% | +21.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON MATERIALS FROM FEEDSTOCK GASES | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON MATERIALS FROM FEEDSTOCK GASES | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18394354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON MATERIALS FROM FEEDSTOCK GASES | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUp Catalyst Oü has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zulmariam Mendez has the most, with 1 of Up Catalyst Oü's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
