Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Virent Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are being prosecuted across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical overlap in the company's active patent applications. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, so each of the 3 pending office actions is assigned to a different person at the patent office.
The busiest examiner is GOLOBOY, JAMES C, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the 3 pending office actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, there is no central point of contact for the portfolio. Practitioners must manage the 2 distinct art units while addressing the individual requirements of each of the 3 distinct examiners in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The involvement of 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions requires a unique tactical approach for each application. While the 2 distinct art units suggest some departmental consistency, the variety of examiners means that the applicant must address multiple sets of individual preferences to successfully resolve the 3 pending office actions currently active.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1 | 63.7% | +8.7% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| LI, JUN | 1 | 54.5% | +57.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19087420 | UPGRADING OF HDO HEAVY PRODUCTS | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670672 | CONDITIONS FOR AQUEOUS PHASE REFORMING | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18416818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WET AIR OXIDATION REGENERATION OF CATALYSTS WITH ATMOSPHERIC SWITCHING | LI, JUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 2 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19087420 | UPGRADING OF HDO HEAVY PRODUCTS | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18670672 | CONDITIONS FOR AQUEOUS PHASE REFORMING | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18416818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WET AIR OXIDATION REGENERATION OF CATALYSTS WITH ATMOSPHERIC SWITCHING | LI, JUN | 1732 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVirent Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
James C Goloboy has the most, with 1 of Virent Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
