Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Adelson Dias De Souza maintains a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently features 1 pending office action, which is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This indicates that the company's current prosecution activity is concentrated on a single application within this technical field.
The pending action is situated within 1 distinct art unit, pointing to a specific area of chemical or materials research. MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. As there is only 1 pending office action overall, this examiner is responsible for the company's entire current workload at the patent office.
Practitioners should note that the prosecution for Adelson Dias De Souza is highly centralized. With the 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the outcome of the 1 busiest examiner pending action under MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE will be the primary factor in the company's current success in the Chemistry & Materials sector. This 1 pending office action requires a precise response tailored to the specific examiner's review.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18229927 | Process for the Production of Zinc Oxide Concentrate and Iron Ecosinter from Steelmaking Wastes and Product Obtained by Such Process | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18229927 | Process for the Production of Zinc Oxide Concentrate and Iron Ecosinter from Steelmaking Wastes and Product Obtained by Such Process | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAdelson Dias De Souza has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tima Michele Mcguthry Banks has the most, with 1 of Adelson Dias De Souza's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
