Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH maintains 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The entire portfolio is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner, which creates a centralized prosecution environment. This concentration is further reflected by the presence of only 1 distinct art unit for all active matters.
MORILLO, JANELL COMBS is the busiest examiner for this entity, managing 2 pending office actions. Because this single individual oversees all 2 pending office actions, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the specific tendencies and requirements of this examiner. This lack of examiner diversity within the Chemistry & Materials filings means that any feedback received will likely be consistent across the portfolio.
With 2 pending office actions assigned to MORILLO, JANELL COMBS, the firm must prioritize understanding this examiner's past decisions. The focus within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is closely related. Practitioners can leverage this relationship between the 1 distinct examiner and the pending actions to streamline communication and responses.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 2 | 58.2% | +26.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17595490 | CLAD 2XXX-SERIES AEROSPACE PRODUCT | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 28d overdue |
| 16973980 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A 7XXX-SERIES ALUMINIUM ALLOY PLATE PRODUCT HAVING IMPROVED FATIGUE FAILURE RESISTANCE | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17595490 | CLAD 2XXX-SERIES AEROSPACE PRODUCT | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
| 16973980 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A 7XXX-SERIES ALUMINIUM ALLOY PLATE PRODUCT HAVING IMPROVED FATIGUE FAILURE RESISTANCE | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Dec 10, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialAleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Janell Combs Morillo has the most, with 2 of Aleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
