Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zeus Company LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a focused prosecution effort in this specific technical field. The matter is also localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a narrow current prosecution footprint for the company.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is YAN LAN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This examiner's review will determine the immediate progress of the company's Chemistry & Materials filing. The concentration of 1 pending action under 1 examiner in 1 art unit suggests that the company's immediate interactions with the USPTO are limited to a specific point of contact.
For practitioners, this data highlights the importance of understanding YAN LAN's specific examination style. Since she handles the only pending office action within the 1 distinct art unit, her decisions will have a definitive impact on the company's current active portfolio. This focus allows for a streamlined communication process but also increases the company's reliance on a single individual's interpretation of the art unit's standards.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +22.0% |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1782 | 1 |
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Start Free TrialZeus Company LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Yan Lan has the most, with 1 of Zeus Company LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.