Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wolf Process Technology LLC is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J, within 1 distinct art unit. TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The prosecution for this portfolio is currently limited to a single matter under one examiner. This concentration means that the applicant's success at the patent office is currently tied to the outcome of this one negotiation.
The focus on the Chemistry & Materials technology area indicates the technical scope for the company's filings. With only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution environment is defined by these single points of contact. TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, handles the company's current pending intellectual property. Practitioners should prioritize a response to the 1 pending office action that addresses the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. The 1-examiner, 1-art unit structure allows for a targeted prosecution strategy where the practitioner can focus on the specific tendencies of TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1 | 83.7% | +14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961695 | CONTROL MANIFOLD AND METHOD FOR TANK CLEANING | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961695 | CONTROL MANIFOLD AND METHOD FOR TANK CLEANING | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961695 | CONTROL MANIFOLD AND METHOD FOR TANK CLEANING | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWolf Process Technology LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Cristi J Tate-Sims has the most, with 1 of Wolf Process Technology LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
