Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vws (Uk) Limited has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PERRIN, CLARE M. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused examination path for the company's chemistry and materials assets.
PERRIN, CLARE M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action accounts for the total 1 pending office action currently active. The concentration in a single examiner and art unit suggests a streamlined prosecution effort. For the practitioner, this means that the specific preferences and past decisions of PERRIN, CLARE M will be the primary factor in the success of the 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials sector. By focusing on the requirements of the assigned examiner, the company can tailor its responses to address the specific concerns raised in the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRIN, CLARE M | 1 | 68.3% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688122 | Method and Apparatus for TOC Monitoring of Purified Water | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18688122 | Method and Apparatus for TOC Monitoring of Purified Water | PERRIN, CLARE M | 1776 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVws (Uk) Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Clare M Perrin has the most, with 1 of Vws (Uk) Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
