Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dromont S P A is currently handling 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Unlike many portfolios of this size, both actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. HOWELL, MARC C is the busiest examiner, managing both of the 2 pending actions. This concentration allows for a consistent dialogue with a single examiner across all pending matters, which may streamline the prosecution process.
For a practitioner, the fact that 2 pending office actions are centralized under HOWELL, MARC C in 1 distinct art unit is a significant strategic factor. It allows for the possibility of coordinating responses or conducting interviews that cover multiple applications simultaneously. Since the busiest examiner is responsible for 2 pending actions, which represents the entirety of the portfolio's current workload, the relationship with this specific examiner is paramount. This structure minimizes the risk of inconsistent rulings that can occur when 2 pending actions are split between different examiners or art units. The practitioner can leverage the single art unit's environment to create a unified approach for the Chemistry & Materials technology involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL, MARC C | 2 | 68.7% | +24.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746296 | MIXING MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MIXING POWDER MATERIAL INTO A LIQUID FLOW | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746296 | MIXING MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MIXING POWDER MATERIAL INTO A LIQUID FLOW | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
| 18746254 | Mixing machine for continuously mixing powder material into a liquid flow | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18746296 | MIXING MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MIXING POWDER MATERIAL INTO A LIQUID FLOW | HOWELL, MARC C | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18746254 | Mixing machine for continuously mixing powder material into a liquid flow | HOWELL, MARC C | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDromont S P A has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marc C Howell has the most, with 2 of Dromont S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
