Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brewer Science Inc. manages a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners and art units indicates that each pending matter is being evaluated in a unique technical and procedural context.
The busiest examiner for Brewer Science Inc. is HARM, NICKOLAS R, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are 3 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for 1 of the active workload items. The presence of 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units for only 3 actions suggests that the subject matter of the applications is diverse enough to fall under different classification regimes. Practitioners must therefore prepare for three separate prosecution tracks, each with its own examiner and art unit standards. This requires a versatile approach to addressing the specific requirements of the chemistry and materials sectors while ensuring that each application is tailored to its respective examiner.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARM, NICKOLAS R | 1 | 79.5% | +5.8% |
| ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 1 | 72.4% | -13.0% |
| MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1 | 48.5% | +23.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440906 | UNDERLAYER AND METHODS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | — |
| 18354433 | THERMALLY DECOMPOSABLE FILL MATERIAL | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18354433 | THERMALLY DECOMPOSABLE FILL MATERIAL | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19217506 | PHOTONIC DEBONDING FOR WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGING APPLICATIONS | HARM, NICKOLAS R | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 18440906 | UNDERLAYER AND METHODS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 1737 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18354433 | THERMALLY DECOMPOSABLE FILL MATERIAL | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1781 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBrewer Science Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Nickolas R Harm has the most, with 1 of Brewer Science Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
