Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zoltan Czigler is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. This singular focus suggests that the current patent activity is centered on a specific chemical or material innovation. With only a single examiner and a single art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is highly concentrated, requiring a precise response to the specific requirements of the assigned examiner. This streamlined profile allows the applicant to focus their legal strategy on a single point of contact within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. This represents the company's entire current footprint in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The outcome of this prosecution depends on the interaction with the distinct examiner and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific requirements of this individual. The art unit involved will also dictate the technical precedents and prior art that are most relevant to the case. Understanding the specific tendencies of the busiest examiner is essential for success.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1 | 73.9% | +13.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849816 | METHOD OF FORMING A COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849816 | METHOD OF FORMING A COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849816 | METHOD OF FORMING A COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZoltan Czigler has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Abhishek A Patwardhan has the most, with 1 of Zoltan Czigler's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
