Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ace Fluid Solutions is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution effort is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, USELDING, JOHN E, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending matter. All current activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit.
This concentration means that the practitioner's strategy for Ace Fluid Solutions is entirely dependent on the interaction with USELDING, JOHN E. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the practitioner has no other concurrent cases to use as benchmarks for examiner behavior within this specific art unit. The focus on 1 distinct art unit indicates a specialized application of Chemistry & Materials. Practitioners should analyze the specific allowance rates and common rejection types associated with USELDING, JOHN E. A successful outcome for this 1 pending action will require a tailored approach that addresses the unique requirements of both the examiner and the 1 art unit involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USELDING, JOHN E | 1 | 53.8% | +17.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17726372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWERING WATER CONCENTRATION IN POLYACRYLAMIDE-BASED EMULSIONS | USELDING, JOHN E | 245d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17726372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWERING WATER CONCENTRATION IN POLYACRYLAMIDE-BASED EMULSIONS | USELDING, JOHN E | 245d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17726372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWERING WATER CONCENTRATION IN POLYACRYLAMIDE-BASED EMULSIONS | USELDING, JOHN E | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 245d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAce Fluid Solutions has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John E Uselding has the most, with 1 of Ace Fluid Solutions's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
