Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Advanced Polymer Coatings Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a focused but active prosecution environment. The company's current legal challenges are confined to a small number of administrative channels, which may allow for a more streamlined communication strategy with the patent office.
COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R is the busiest examiner, currently managing 3 pending office actions. Since there are 4 pending office actions in total and 2 distinct examiners, this examiner holds 3 of the 4 pending matters. This concentration within 2 distinct art units suggests that most of the company's current legal challenges are being reviewed by a single primary examiner. Practitioners should prioritize their interactions with this examiner, as the outcome of these 3 pending office actions will significantly impact the overall status of the portfolio within the 2 distinct art units.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 3 | 85.5% | +18.4% |
| STRAH, ELI D | 1 | 51.7% | +41.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544832 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION THAT INCORPORATES TRICYCLOPENTADIENE | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18544853 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO AROMATIC SOLVENTS | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18544810 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030298 | CHEMICALLY RESISTANT EPOXY COMPOSITION | STRAH, ELI D | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544832 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION THAT INCORPORATES TRICYCLOPENTADIENE | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18544853 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO AROMATIC SOLVENTS | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18544810 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18030298 | CHEMICALLY RESISTANT EPOXY COMPOSITION | STRAH, ELI D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 3 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18544832 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION THAT INCORPORATES TRICYCLOPENTADIENE | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18544853 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO AROMATIC SOLVENTS | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18544810 | HYBRID COATING UTILIZING EPOXY RESIN AND MONOMERS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18030298 | CHEMICALLY RESISTANT EPOXY COMPOSITION | STRAH, ELI D | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
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