Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arkema Inc. currently has 15 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 11 distinct art units, which indicates a high degree of technical diversity for a portfolio of this size. With 15 pending office actions and 11 distinct art units, the company's patent applications are being reviewed in many different specialized departments. This suggests that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the specific requirements of each of the 11 distinct art units.
The portfolio involves 15 distinct examiners, meaning that every single one of the 15 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual. PARK, LISA S is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because there are 15 distinct examiners for 15 pending office actions, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio. This lack of examiner concentration means that practitioners cannot rely on a single examiner's past behavior to predict outcomes.
Managing 15 pending office actions with 15 distinct examiners across 11 distinct art units requires a case-by-case approach. The high ratio of examiners to actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area emphasizes the importance of individual examiner interviews. Since each of the 15 pending office actions is handled by a unique examiner, the prosecution team must be prepared for 15 different sets of examiner preferences and 11 different art unit standards.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 10 (62%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK, LISA S | 1 | 77.4% | +22.3% |
| ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 1 | 56.0% | +24.1% |
| ALIZADA, OMEED | 1 | 77.4% | +32.7% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.4% | +12.9% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.7% | +13.8% |
| GRACE, KELSEY C | 1 | 80.3% | +12.0% |
| JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1 | 49.5% | +32.5% |
| KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1 | 45.2% | +15.9% |
| YOON, KEVIN E | 1 | 59.6% | +42.8% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.0% | +20.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18615353 | MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM | GRACE, KELSEY C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17918586 | REMOVAL OF RESIDUAL MERCAPTANS FROM POLYMER COMPOSITIONS | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 16d |
| 19218989 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TUBE SHEET OF A HEAT EXCHANGER | ALIZADA, OMEED | — |
| 19126288 | HOT END METAL OXIDE COATINGS FOR GLASS SUBSTRATES AND CONTAINERS | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| 18704961 | VDF CONTAINING (CO) POLYMER WITH HIGH MOLECULAR-WEIGHT USING A NEW PRECIPITATION POLY MERIZATION PROCESS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18406815 | POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | — |
| 18284888 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE | YOON, KEVIN E | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290323 | STORAGE STABLE PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITION | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 35d overdue |
| 19434332 | PROCESSING AID FOR FREESTANDING ELECTRODE FABRICATION | PARK, LISA S | — |
| 19434362 | PROCESSING AID FOR ELECTRODE FABRICATION | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | — |
| 19218989 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TUBE SHEET OF A HEAT EXCHANGER | ALIZADA, OMEED | — |
| 19126288 | HOT END METAL OXIDE COATINGS FOR GLASS SUBSTRATES AND CONTAINERS | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| 18704961 | VDF CONTAINING (CO) POLYMER WITH HIGH MOLECULAR-WEIGHT USING A NEW PRECIPITATION POLY MERIZATION PROCESS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18615353 | MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM | GRACE, KELSEY C | — |
| 18406815 | POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1729 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19434332 | PROCESSING AID FOR FREESTANDING ELECTRODE FABRICATION | PARK, LISA S | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19434362 | PROCESSING AID FOR ELECTRODE FABRICATION | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19218989 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TUBE SHEET OF A HEAT EXCHANGER | ALIZADA, OMEED | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19126288 | HOT END METAL OXIDE COATINGS FOR GLASS SUBSTRATES AND CONTAINERS | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 18704961 | VDF CONTAINING (CO) POLYMER WITH HIGH MOLECULAR-WEIGHT USING A NEW PRECIPITATION POLY MERIZATION PROCESS | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18615353 | MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM | GRACE, KELSEY C | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18406815 | POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18290323 | STORAGE STABLE PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITION | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18284888 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE | YOON, KEVIN E | 1735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18550803 | MATTING AGENT RESIN FOR 3D PRINTING | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18282241 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TUBE SHEET OF A HEAT EXCHANGER | WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE | 2677 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18272366 | CROSSLINKABLE ACRYLIC-MODIFIED EPOXY COATING COMPOSITION | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 17926155 | ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES | OROZCO, MARIA F | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17918586 | REMOVAL OF RESIDUAL MERCAPTANS FROM POLYMER COMPOSITIONS | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17765460 | FOAMED FILLER ROD IN OPTICAL FIBER CABLES | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2022 |
| 17495051 | SILICON- AND ZINC-CONTAINING COUPLING AGENT FOR CELLULOSIC MATERIAL-POLYMER COMPOSITES | XU, JIANGTIAN | 1700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2021 |
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