Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 2 of 4 (50%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Actnano Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 art units, indicating some concentration by examination group alongside examiner-level variation.
NERANGIS, VICKEY M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner represents the clearest coordination point for prosecution management, while the other matters may require separate response approaches.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 2 | 56.6% | +28.9% |
| JONES, KOLTON ED | 1 | — | — |
| ZIMMER, MARC S | 1 | 79.4% | +16.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299756 | CONFORMAL COATING WITH LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTENT | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 17d overdue |
| 18358324 | ANTI-FOG COATINGS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | JONES, KOLTON ED | — |
| 18255771 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DURABILITY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING AND WATERPROOFING GEL COATING SYSTEMS | ZIMMER, MARC S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18167235 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A CONFORMAL COATING ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 89d overdue |
| 18299756 | CONFORMAL COATING WITH LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTENT | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 17d overdue |
| 18255771 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DURABILITY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING AND WATERPROOFING GEL COATING SYSTEMS | ZIMMER, MARC S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 3 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18358324 | ANTI-FOG COATINGS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | JONES, KOLTON ED | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18255771 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DURABILITY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING AND WATERPROOFING GEL COATING SYSTEMS | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18299756 | CONFORMAL COATING WITH LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTENT | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | AI Ready | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18167235 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A CONFORMAL COATING ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialActnano Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Vickey M Nerangis has the most, with 2 of Actnano Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
