Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Ggmbh currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single active case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused engagement with the USPTO at this time. The company's current strategy appears to be centered on a specific innovation within the chemical sector.
SMITH JR., JIMMY R is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved, his review represents the entirety of the company's current prosecution workload. The concentration of 1 pending office action within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current legal efforts are directed toward a specific innovation. This streamlined profile allows for a highly concentrated prosecution strategy. By focusing on a single examiner and art unit, the company can maintain a direct and efficient dialogue during the patent acquisition process.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1 | 65.2% | +42.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS MONITORING DURING PRODUCTION OF A FINISHED PART FROM A HOT-CROSSLINKING MATERIAL IN A PRIMARY SHAPING PROCESS | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS MONITORING DURING PRODUCTION OF A FINISHED PART FROM A HOT-CROSSLINKING MATERIAL IN A PRIMARY SHAPING PROCESS | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS MONITORING DURING PRODUCTION OF A FINISHED PART FROM A HOT-CROSSLINKING MATERIAL IN A PRIMARY SHAPING PROCESS | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBaden-Württemberg Stiftung Ggmbh has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jimmy R Smith Jr. has the most, with 1 of Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Ggmbh's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
