Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bl Technologies Inc. is currently managing 11 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 10 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating a decentralized prosecution environment. This distribution across 10 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach to ensure consistency across the 11 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NORRIS, CLAIRE A, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should prepare for a variety of examiner perspectives given that 10 distinct examiners are involved in the process. The presence of 7 distinct art units suggests a range of technical sub-specialties within the company's current filings. Because the busiest examiner, NORRIS, CLAIRE A, manages only 2 pending office actions, the portfolio's 11 pending cases are subject to review by 10 distinct examiners.
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 | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRIN, CLARE M | 1 | 68.3% | +42.6% |
| CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1 | 54.9% | +60.1% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1 | 40.0% | +40.0% |
| NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1 | 66.0% | +27.9% |
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.3% |
| ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 1 | 59.8% | +13.7% |
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.3% |
| SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1 | 84.7% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547660 | BYPASS CONTROL SLEEVE FOR SANITARY SPIRAL WOUND FILTER | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 2d overdue |
| 17791159 | ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF AQUEOUS LITHIUM SOLUTION | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 13d |
| 18569582 | CONTROL OF OZONE DOSING WITH BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 75d |
| 18891171 | ANTI-FOULING DISPERSANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| 18695725 | UNDERDRAIN AND SEPTA FOR MEDIA VESSEL AND METHOD OF CLEANING | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18553824 | FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE TRANSITION METALS FROM WATER | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547660 | BYPASS CONTROL SLEEVE FOR SANITARY SPIRAL WOUND FILTER | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 2d overdue |
| 17791159 | ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF AQUEOUS LITHIUM SOLUTION | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 13d |
| 18508983 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH PRIMARY TREATMENT AND MBR OR MABR-IFAS REACTOR | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 21d |
| 18569582 | CONTROL OF OZONE DOSING WITH BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 75d |
| 18552116 | HOLLOW FIBER IMMERSED MEMBRANE MODULE AND CASSETTE WITH HIGH PACKING DENSITY AND VERTICAL PERMEATE PORT CONNECTIONS | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 79d |
| 18891171 | ANTI-FOULING DISPERSANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| 18698893 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING MELANOIDIN FORMATION IN A YEAST PROPAGATION PROCESS | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | — |
| 18695725 | UNDERDRAIN AND SEPTA FOR MEDIA VESSEL AND METHOD OF CLEANING | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 4 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18891171 | ANTI-FOULING DISPERSANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE | PERRIN, CLARE M | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18698893 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING MELANOIDIN FORMATION IN A YEAST PROPAGATION PROCESS | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18695725 | UNDERDRAIN AND SEPTA FOR MEDIA VESSEL AND METHOD OF CLEANING | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18569582 | CONTROL OF OZONE DOSING WITH BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1779 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18508983 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH PRIMARY TREATMENT AND MBR OR MABR-IFAS REACTOR | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1779 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18553824 | FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE TRANSITION METALS FROM WATER | KAHN, RACHEL | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18552116 | HOLLOW FIBER IMMERSED MEMBRANE MODULE AND CASSETTE WITH HIGH PACKING DENSITY AND VERTICAL PERMEATE PORT CONNECTIONS | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 1779 | §112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18547660 | BYPASS CONTROL SLEEVE FOR SANITARY SPIRAL WOUND FILTER | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 17791159 | ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF AQUEOUS LITHIUM SOLUTION | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBl Technologies Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Clare M Perrin has the most, with 1 of Bl Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
