Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bridgestone Europe Nv/Sa [Be/Be] has 7 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing a single pending matter. The portfolio is distributed across 5 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's chemical and material innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized groups within the patent office.
PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, the workload is entirely decentralized. The presence of 5 distinct art units indicates that the 7 distinct examiners are working across a variety of technical classifications. Practitioners should prepare for 7 unique examination experiences, as no single examiner holds more than 1 pending office action. The data indicates that PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP is one of the 7 distinct examiners currently managing the company's pending cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1 | 63.6% | +45.9% |
| BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 54.4% | +37.6% |
| CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 1 | 66.5% | +48.9% |
| WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1 | 73.5% | +16.4% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.2% | +2.5% |
| LEE, PAUL D | 1 | 83.0% | +14.8% |
| MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL | 1 | 38.8% | +4.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038773 | TREAD WITH HIGH DRAINAGE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18699912 | RUBBER COATING FOR RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES FOR TIRES | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | — |
| 18686736 | A METHOD TO SYNCHRONIZE THE TIME OF A TIRE-MOUNTED SENSOR TO THE ROAD IMPACT AND MEASURE THE CONTACT PATCH DURATION AND AMPLITUDE | LEE, PAUL D | — |
| 18013192 | METHOD FOR EXTERIOR NOISE SIMULATION OF A TIRE | MIRABITO, MICHAEL 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038773 | TREAD WITH HIGH DRAINAGE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18836443 | TIRE CAVITY RESONANCE NOISE ABSORBER | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18719405 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AND/OR MONITORING A TIRE WEAR RATE OF A TIRE | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — |
| 18703519 | RUBBER COMPOSITIONS | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | — |
| 18686736 | A METHOD TO SYNCHRONIZE THE TIME OF A TIRE-MOUNTED SENSOR TO THE ROAD IMPACT AND MEASURE THE CONTACT PATCH DURATION AND AMPLITUDE | LEE, PAUL D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 3 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19038773 | TREAD WITH HIGH DRAINAGE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18836443 | TIRE CAVITY RESONANCE NOISE ABSORBER | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18719405 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AND/OR MONITORING A TIRE WEAR RATE OF A TIRE | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18703519 | RUBBER COMPOSITIONS | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1765 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18699912 | RUBBER COATING FOR RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES FOR TIRES | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18686736 | A METHOD TO SYNCHRONIZE THE TIME OF A TIRE-MOUNTED SENSOR TO THE ROAD IMPACT AND MEASURE THE CONTACT PATCH DURATION AND AMPLITUDE | LEE, PAUL D | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18013192 | METHOD FOR EXTERIOR NOISE SIMULATION OF A TIRE | MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL | 2187 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBridgestone Europe Nv/Sa [Be/Be] has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Sedef Esra Ayalp Paquette has the most, with 1 of Bridgestone Europe Nv/Sa [Be/Be]'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
