Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Amalgamated Research LLC manages 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to distinct art units, indicating a varied technical scope for the company's current filings.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, which means each case is being reviewed by a different individual. The busiest examiner, MENON, KRISHNAN S, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents the standard workload for examiners currently assigned to the portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.3% |
| CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1 | 79.8% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794892 | SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINES USING ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENTS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794892 | SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINES USING ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENTS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
| 18499697 | SMB SEPARATOR FOR ORGANIC ACID PURIFICATION USING A STRONG ACID CATION RESIN | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18794892 | SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINES USING ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENTS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18499697 | SMB SEPARATOR FOR ORGANIC ACID PURIFICATION USING A STRONG ACID CATION RESIN | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAmalgamated Research LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Krishnan S Menon has the most, with 1 of Amalgamated Research LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
