Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Wesco Electrode Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, representing the company's singular focus at the patent office currently. This concentration allows for the development of a highly specialized prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical nuances of the company's chemical innovations. A focused approach like this is often effective for ensuring that all arguments are consistent and that the examiner's concerns are thoroughly addressed.
The filing is located in a distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized technical review process for the company's technology. CONTRERAS, CIEL P, is the busiest examiner, currently handling the pending office action. The success of the company's current intellectual property strategy depends on the outcome of this specific matter. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's history with similar chemical technologies to craft the most persuasive arguments for patentability and to anticipate any potential challenges in the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1 | 54.3% | +33.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18427481 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURE OF COPPER FOIL | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18427481 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURE OF COPPER FOIL | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1794 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWesco Electrode Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ciel P Contreras has the most, with 1 of Wesco Electrode Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
