Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Valco Melton S L U has a focused patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently faces 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. Such a concentrated profile indicates that the company's current interactions with the patent office are limited to a specific technical subject. This concentration allows for a streamlined approach to patent strategy, as the applicant only needs to navigate the specific requirements of the involved administrative unit.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CHANG, SUZANNE CHING-YA. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is only a single pending action in total, this examiner is managing the entire active workload for the company. Practitioners can focus their attention on this examiner's past patterns and the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit involved. The lack of diversity in examiners and units means that the outcome of this specific action will significantly impact the company's current patent standing in the chemistry 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, SUZANNE CHING-YA | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18599585 | Coating Head, with Movable Rod | CHANG, SUZANNE CHING-YA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1716 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18599585 | Coating Head, with Movable Rod | CHANG, SUZANNE CHING-YA | 1716 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialValco Melton S L U has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Suzanne Ching-Ya Chang has the most, with 1 of Valco Melton S L U's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
