Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cdm Smith Inc. is a company patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There is 1 pending office action currently. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution activity is located within 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner is BREWSTER, HAYDEN R. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, BREWSTER, HAYDEN R handles the current workload. This examiner is the only individual from the USPTO listed in the current data.
Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy depends on the 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit. There are no other distinct examiners in this portfolio to provide a comparison of allowance rates. The 1 distinct art unit defines the technical standards for the 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials field. The singular focus on BREWSTER, HAYDEN R means all current feedback originates from one source.
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.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, MATTHEW D | 1 | 29.7% | +19.7% |
| BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1 | 62.8% | +46.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747113 | System and Method for Optimizing Sustainability for a Real-World System | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 17d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747113 | System and Method for Optimizing Sustainability for a Real-World System | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 17d overdue |
| 18194697 | Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Water | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18747113 | System and Method for Optimizing Sustainability for a Real-World System | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18194697 | Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Water | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCdm Smith Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Matthew D Henry has the most, with 1 of Cdm Smith Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
