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
Zhongshan Green Guard Metal Production Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused and limited scope of active prosecution for the company's current patent filings within a specialized chemical field. This concentration within 1 art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is specialized and resides within a single department's jurisdiction, requiring a targeted approach to that specific field.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WONG, EDNA, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action, this examiner is the sole official reviewing the company's active applications. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of this 1 examiner and the procedural norms of the 1 art unit involved, as they govern the entirety of the company's current patenting efforts. Without other active matters to provide alternative paths to allowance, the outcome of this 1 pending office action is critical. The strategy must be precisely aligned with the examiner's historical preferences and the art unit's specific requirements to ensure a successful result for the company's metal production technology.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, EDNA | 1 | 58.4% | -19.7% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18474330 | FLEXIBLE POLYMER ELECTROPHORETIC COATING AND USE THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF GARDEN SHEARS | WONG, EDNA | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZhongshan Green Guard Metal Production Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Edna Wong has the most, with 1 of Zhongshan Green Guard Metal Production Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
