Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Weitai Automobile Parts Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which represents a concentrated effort for the company's current patent filings. The practitioner can focus exclusively on the requirements of this single examiner and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PATEL, PRANAV N, who is handling the 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the success of the current prosecution depends entirely on the interaction with this individual. The practitioner should tailor their arguments to the specific expertise of PATEL, PRANAV N and the procedural expectations of the 1 distinct art unit.
With only 1 pending office action, the administrative complexity is minimal, allowing for a highly strategic approach to this single matter. The practitioner must ensure that the response to the 1 pending office action is robust, as it is the only active point of prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials area for the company. This 1 distinct examiner will be the primary gatekeeper for the company's current patent goals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, PRANAV N | 1 | 68.8% | +21.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18668103 | FILTER ELEMENT FOR LIQUID FILTRATION AND FILTER | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18668103 | FILTER ELEMENT FOR LIQUID FILTRATION AND FILTER | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Weitai Automobile Parts Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Pranav N Patel has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Weitai Automobile Parts Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
