Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Crystal IS Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, showing a concentration of work with a single individual. SETH M DUMBRIS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that half of the company's current pending workload is being reviewed by one examiner.
The 4 pending actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical focuses within the chemistry field. While SETH M DUMBRIS handles 2 pending office actions, the other 2 actions are split between 2 other examiners. This profile suggests that the company must manage 3 different examiner relationships across 3 different art units, with a primary focus on the 2 cases assigned to SETH M DUMBRIS.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions with SETH M DUMBRIS allows for a more focused prosecution strategy for half of the portfolio. However, the presence of 3 distinct art units for only 4 actions means that technical precedents may not be easily shared across cases. Practitioners should prioritize their interactions with SETH M DUMBRIS while remaining adaptable to the requirements of the other 2 examiners and 3 art units.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 2 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| PATEL, PRANAV N | 1 | 68.8% | +21.7% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020936 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS HAVING LARGE CRYSTAL AUGMENTATION PARAMETERS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18931766 | CONTROL OF BASAL PLANE DISLOCATIONS IN LARGE ALUMINUM NITRIDE CRYSTALS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18133094 | POINT-OF-USE LIQUID TREATMENT | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 17576427 | UVC DURABLE FILTER | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020936 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS HAVING LARGE CRYSTAL AUGMENTATION PARAMETERS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18931766 | CONTROL OF BASAL PLANE DISLOCATIONS IN LARGE ALUMINUM NITRIDE CRYSTALS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18133094 | POINT-OF-USE LIQUID TREATMENT | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 17576427 | UVC DURABLE FILTER | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1777 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCrystal IS Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Seth M Dumbris has the most, with 2 of Crystal IS Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
