Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Air-Rite Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution profile is currently focused, as all active work is concentrated in this instance. This suggests a targeted approach to patenting within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is DODDS, SCOTT, who is handling the 1 pending action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's current patent strategy is tied entirely to the findings of this examiner. This focus means that the outcome of this specific office action will define the company's immediate success in this technology area. Practitioners must carefully address the specific concerns of DODDS, SCOTT to ensure the portfolio moves forward. The lack of other pending matters means that this examiner currently has the sole influence over the company's active patenting efforts at the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODDS, SCOTT | 1 | 68.1% | +34.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082347 | METHOD OF FORMING A CUSTOM AIR FILTER | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082347 | METHOD OF FORMING A CUSTOM AIR FILTER | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082347 | METHOD OF FORMING A CUSTOM AIR FILTER | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAir-Rite Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Scott Dodds has the most, with 1 of Air-Rite Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
