Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Echem Materials Company Limited has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing multiple examiner relationships within a narrower technical-unit structure.
OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should preserve separate examiner histories while checking whether matters assigned to the same art unit present related claim or prior-art questions. The available figures support coordinated docket review, but not a presumption that the same response will fit every action.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1 | 69.7% | +23.7% |
| CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1 | 46.2% | +11.1% |
| CHU, JOHN S Y | 1 | 76.8% | +5.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779068 | STRIPPER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR STRIPPING PHOTORESIST | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
| 18342754 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PROTECTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION | CHU, JOHN S Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779068 | STRIPPER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR STRIPPING PHOTORESIST | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
| 18344883 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND COLOR FILTER | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1737 | 2 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18779068 | STRIPPER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR STRIPPING PHOTORESIST | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2024 |
| 18344883 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND COLOR FILTER | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1737 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18342754 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PROTECTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION | CHU, JOHN S Y | 1737 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Echem Materials Company Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Necholus Ogden Jr. has the most, with 1 of Advanced Echem Materials Company Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
