Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aqseptence Group, Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This count of 2 pending office actions represents the active workload for the company as it seeks to protect its chemical and material innovations. In the Chemistry & Materials sector, these filings often require detailed technical arguments to overcome prior art rejections during examination.
The prosecution is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. Having 2 distinct examiners ensures that the portfolio is not subject to the singular perspective of one individual, providing a broader range of feedback from the patent office. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the underlying technology spans multiple specialized technical classifications within the USPTO.
POPOVICS, ROBERT J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because 1 pending office action is assigned to this specific examiner, their individual review style and historical allowance rates will directly influence the immediate outcome of the application. Practitioners should analyze the past behavior of POPOVICS, ROBERT J to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1 | 55.4% | +23.1% |
| MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1 | 64.1% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926517 | SIEVE PANEL HAVING VARIABLE TILT SCREEN ELEMENT | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 4d overdue |
| 17091990 | UNDERDRAIN ASSEMBLY | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926517 | SIEVE PANEL HAVING VARIABLE TILT SCREEN ELEMENT | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 4d overdue |
| 17091990 | UNDERDRAIN ASSEMBLY | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 21d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17926517 | SIEVE PANEL HAVING VARIABLE TILT SCREEN ELEMENT | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1776 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17091990 | UNDERDRAIN ASSEMBLY | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1773 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 06, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialAqseptence Group, Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Robert J Popovics has the most, with 1 of Aqseptence Group, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
