Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Xamax Industries Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CHEN, VIVIAN, in a single art unit. The prosecution profile is currently limited to this 1 pending office action, which is the sole focus of the company's patenting efforts in this field.
All current efforts are focused on the resolution of the single matter with the assigned examiner. CHEN, VIVIAN is the busiest examiner, managing this 1 pending office action. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit to ensure a successful outcome. Because there is only a single active case, the entire portfolio's current status depends on the resolution of this matter. This concentration allows for a very specific and targeted approach to the prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.6% | +28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19042918 | Composite Thermoplastic Laminate | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042918 | Composite Thermoplastic Laminate | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialXamax Industries Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Vivian Chen has the most, with 1 of Xamax Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
