Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Brewsonic Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL. The company's active prosecution is situated in 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical niche for the pending application. This arrangement allows for a focused examination of the chemistry-related claims within a single administrative group.
The busiest examiner, SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending action, the entire active workload is concentrated under one individual. This provides a clear and singular path for the company's chemistry-related patent prosecution efforts. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 reflects the lack of examiner variety, meaning the applicant must focus exclusively on the requirements and preferences of this one official.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18056094 | SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING THE AGING OF BEER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18056094 | SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING THE AGING OF BEER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18056094 | SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING THE AGING OF BEER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBrewsonic Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James Paul Shellhammer has the most, with 1 of Brewsonic Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
