Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Wastefuel Global LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Wastefuel Global LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This matter is assigned to examiner XU, QING, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The prosecution footprint involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.

The 1 pending office action represents the total current workload for the portfolio at the patent office. Because XU, QING is the 1 examiner involved, the prosecution strategy can be tailored to the specific requirements of this individual. The involvement of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area suggests the filings are subject to the specific examination guidelines of that field.

The data shows that 1 distinct art unit is responsible for the review of the pending matter. This concentration in the administrative division means the practitioner does not need to coordinate across different art units. The current profile reflects a prosecution state where the active matter is handled by XU, QING within the technical category. This allows for a specific approach to the pending office action without the need to manage different examiner preferences.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
XU, QING 1 50.9% +55.2%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18450986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION XU, QING 29d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18450986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION XU, QING 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18450986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION XU, QING 1656 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 16, 2023

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