Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, showing several examiner relationships within a limited technical-unit structure.
SPIES, BRADLEY R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain separate examiner histories while comparing matters assigned to the same art unit for recurring claim or prior-art questions. A coordinated technical record may improve consistency, but each response should address the particular action before the assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1 | 74.1% | +19.1% |
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1 | 56.7% | +17.7% |
| PATEL, PRANAV N | 1 | 68.8% | +21.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18647730 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A SOLUTION HAVING PFAS THEREIN USING FOAM FRACTIONATION | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 2 |
| 1779 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18777825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPETING ANIONS FROM PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN A FLOW OF WATER | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1777 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18648703 | GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) REACTIVATION WASTE PRODUCT ENHANCED ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1779 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18647730 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A SOLUTION HAVING PFAS THEREIN USING FOAM FRACTIONATION | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18443736 | MODIFIED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR(MBR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM A FLOW OF WASTEWATER AND/OR LANDFILL LEACHATE | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1777 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEmerging Compounds Treatment Technologies Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Bradley R Spies has the most, with 1 of Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
