Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zima International Inc. D/B/A Dandy has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical concentration. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is handled by a different person. This distribution indicates that while the technical areas are somewhat focused, the individual reviews are being conducted independently.
HON, SOW FUN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because the 3 pending office actions are distributed among different individuals, there is no single point of contact for the majority of the workload. Practitioners will need to address the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved. The prosecution of these matters will require a strategy that accounts for the different perspectives of the examiners. Success in the Chemistry & Materials area will depend on navigating these separate paths within the 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest reviewer and the other cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HON, SOW FUN | 1 | 57.6% | +64.9% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.2% | +5.8% |
| WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1 | 55.4% | +16.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043001 | Ceramic Inkjet Ink Compositions for Printing on Dental Restorations | HON, SOW FUN | — |
| 19041386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLAZING DENTAL RESTORATIONS WITH CERAMIC INK VIA INKJET PRINTER | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043001 | Ceramic Inkjet Ink Compositions for Printing on Dental Restorations | HON, SOW FUN | — |
| 19041386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLAZING DENTAL RESTORATIONS WITH CERAMIC INK VIA INKJET PRINTER | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 2 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19043001 | Ceramic Inkjet Ink Compositions for Printing on Dental Restorations | HON, SOW FUN | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19041426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CERAMIC INKJET MESH PRINTING | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19041386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLAZING DENTAL RESTORATIONS WITH CERAMIC INK VIA INKJET PRINTER | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialZima International Inc. D/B/A Dandy has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Sow Fun Hon has the most, with 1 of Zima International Inc. D/B/A Dandy's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
