Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Claros Technologies Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each pending case is being reviewed by a different person. GONZALEZ, MADELINE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 total actions, no single examiner has more than one case.
The use of 3 distinct art units for 4 actions suggests a slight concentration of technical focus, as at least two actions are likely within the same unit. The small size of this portfolio means that prosecution is highly individualized. Practitioners must navigate the preferences of 4 different examiners and the standards of 3 different art units. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, there is no opportunity to leverage a relationship with a single examiner across multiple cases. The strategy must be tailored to the specific requirements of each examiner while accounting for the policies of the 3 distinct art units involved in the Chemistry & Materials area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1 | 72.4% | +16.0% |
| SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1 | 70.5% | +9.2% |
| MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1 | 64.1% | +18.0% |
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.8% | +51.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19395548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS PFAS DESTRUCTION | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — |
| 18911156 | UV Resistant Fabrics and Treatment Methods | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | — |
| 18212603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND DEFLUORINATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), FLUOROTELOMERS AND OTHER PERSISITENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771183 | Methods and Systems of Oxidative Pretreatment of Aqueous Solutions Containing PFAS | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 22d overdue |
| 19395548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS PFAS DESTRUCTION | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | — |
| 18212603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND DEFLUORINATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), FLUOROTELOMERS AND OTHER PERSISITENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19395548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS PFAS DESTRUCTION | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 18911156 | UV Resistant Fabrics and Treatment Methods | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18771183 | Methods and Systems of Oxidative Pretreatment of Aqueous Solutions Containing PFAS | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18212603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND DEFLUORINATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), FLUOROTELOMERS AND OTHER PERSISITENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialClaros Technologies Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Madeline Gonzalez has the most, with 1 of Claros Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
