Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

BHER Minerals, LLC

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 1 of 1 (100%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

BHER Minerals, LLC has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is assigned to one examiner and one art unit, producing a concentrated prosecution profile.

QUIST, NICOLE LEE is the identified examiner. Counsel can focus its preparation on that examiner and the relevant chemistry and materials examination context.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QUIST, NICOLE LEE 1 89.7% +13.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17818949 LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRNIE QUIST, NICOLE LEE 31d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17818949 LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRNIE QUIST, NICOLE LEE 31d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17818949 LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRNIE QUIST, NICOLE LEE 1738 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue AI Ready Aug 10, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does BHER Minerals, LLC have?

BHER Minerals, LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most BHER Minerals, LLC applications?

Nicole Lee Quist has the most, with 1 of BHER Minerals, LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are BHER Minerals, LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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