Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Egtm Co. Ltd. is managing 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units and distinct examiners, indicating that each application is being reviewed in a unique environment. Shamim Ahmed is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action.
Because each of the 4 pending office actions is assigned to a different examiner, practitioners must develop individualized strategies for every case. The lack of overlap among the distinct examiners means that successful arguments in a case may not directly influence the others. Navigating the 4 distinct art units requires understanding various chemical examination practices within the USPTO. Shamim Ahmed represents a point of contact for the current workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SHAMIM | 1 | 78.5% | +22.1% |
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1 | 64.0% | +19.8% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.0% |
| HOU, FRANK S | 1 | 67.8% | +36.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18518718 | METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING MATERIAL OF CHEMICAL PURGE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 76d |
| 19036974 | METHOD OF TREATING THIN FILMS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18518718 | METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING MATERIAL OF CHEMICAL PURGE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 76d |
| 18314842 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 76d |
| 19036974 | METHOD OF TREATING THIN FILMS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE | AHMED, SHAMIM | — |
| 18135413 | Organometallic Compound For Thin Film Deposition And Method For Forming Group 4 Metal-Containing Thin Film Using Same | HOU, FRANK S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19036974 | METHOD OF TREATING THIN FILMS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18518718 | METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING MATERIAL OF CHEMICAL PURGE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18314842 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18135413 | Organometallic Compound For Thin Film Deposition And Method For Forming Group 4 Metal-Containing Thin Film Using Same | HOU, FRANK S | 1692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEgtm Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Shamim Ahmed has the most, with 1 of Egtm Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
