Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chemtor LP currently manages a portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area featuring 1 pending office action. This matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current legal focus is concentrated on a specific technical niche. For practitioners, this means that the prosecution strategy is primarily influenced by the internal culture and examination trends of this 1 distinct art unit. The 1 pending office action requires a deep understanding of the specific chemistry standards applied by this technical group.
The examination process involves 1 distinct examiner, MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE, who serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. Since MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE is the sole examiner responsible for the company's active matters, the practitioner can focus their efforts on addressing the specific concerns of this individual. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be determined by how well the practitioner aligns their arguments with the examiner's interpretation of the field. This streamlined structure simplifies the management of the portfolio, as the 1 pending office action is the only active matter requiring attention from MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1 | 60.4% | +15.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18328062 | WASHING AND EXTRACTION OF CANNABINOIDS | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18328062 | WASHING AND EXTRACTION OF CANNABINOIDS | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialChemtor LP has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jeannie Mcdermott has the most, with 1 of Chemtor LP's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
