Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Counteract Balancing Beads Inc. holds a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions for this entity. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, indicating a lack of concentration in any single administrative group. This distribution suggests that the company's pending applications cover different technical sub-sectors within the broader Chemistry & Materials field, requiring review from multiple specialized units with different examination priorities.
SEDEF ESRA AYALP PAQUETTE is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 pending office actions in total, PAQUETTE is responsible for 1 of the active cases. The distribution of 2 examiners for 2 actions suggests that each pending matter is being reviewed independently. Because there are 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for the different procedural or technical nuances associated with each unit, even though the total volume of 2 pending office actions is relatively low. This diversified approach ensures that the company's progress in Chemistry & Materials is not stalled by a single examiner's backlog.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1 | 63.6% | +45.9% |
| WILSON, LEE D | 1 | 80.0% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18596750 | WHEEL MOUNTING GUIDE BAR | WILSON, LEE D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE BALANCING | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18596750 | WHEEL MOUNTING GUIDE BAR | WILSON, LEE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE BALANCING | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18596750 | WHEEL MOUNTING GUIDE BAR | WILSON, LEE D | 3723 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCounteract Balancing Beads Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sedef Esra Ayalp Paquette has the most, with 1 of Counteract Balancing Beads Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
