Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Archimede S R L is managing 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires the company to maintain separate prosecution tracks for each case. Such a decentralized structure ensures that the portfolio is evaluated by a variety of experts in the chemistry field.
JOSEPH W DRODGE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. The actions are also spread across distinct art units. For a practitioner, this means that the 2 pending office actions must be advanced independently, as there is no overlap between the examiners or the art units. This requires a versatile approach to address the specific requirements of each examiner and the unique standards of each department within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.2% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862339 | A METHOD FOR TREATING AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS WITH ORGANIC CONTENT, PARTICULARLY OIL MILL EFFLUENTS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18682150 | A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMBUSTIBLES, PARTICULARLY ADVANCED BIOFUELS, FROM ORGANIC OR BIOLOGICAL WASTES | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862339 | A METHOD FOR TREATING AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS WITH ORGANIC CONTENT, PARTICULARLY OIL MILL EFFLUENTS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18682150 | A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMBUSTIBLES, PARTICULARLY ADVANCED BIOFUELS, FROM ORGANIC OR BIOLOGICAL WASTES | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862339 | A METHOD FOR TREATING AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS WITH ORGANIC CONTENT, PARTICULARLY OIL MILL EFFLUENTS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18682150 | A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMBUSTIBLES, PARTICULARLY ADVANCED BIOFUELS, FROM ORGANIC OR BIOLOGICAL WASTES | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArchimede S R L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Joseph W Drodge has the most, with 1 of Archimede S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
