Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Eugenus Inc. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and a matching number of art units. MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 of the pending actions.
The concentration of 2 of the pending actions under MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT gives this examiner a significant influence over the portfolio's immediate trajectory. With 3 distinct art units involved, the company's innovations appear to span several different technical niches within Chemistry & Materials. This distribution requires the applicant to manage three separate sets of art unit standards and examiner preferences.
Practitioners should note that while MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT handles a portion of the matters, the remaining actions are split among the other 3 distinct examiners. This structure provides some diversification while still allowing for a focused strategy in the areas overseen by the busiest examiner. The involvement of those units suggests that the 4 pending office actions cover a variety of technical challenges.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 2 | 68.5% | +16.2% |
| BERMAN, JASON | 1 | 63.9% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441940 | PRECURSOR DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE FILTRATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME | BERMAN, JASON | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482791 | GAS DIFFUSER PLATE COATED WITH EMISSIVITY-CONTROLLING THIN FILM AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 15d |
| 18482790 | LASER-TEXTURED SURFACE AND MEHODS OF FORMING SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 22d |
| 18441940 | PRECURSOR DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE FILTRATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME | BERMAN, JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 2 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18441940 | PRECURSOR DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE FILTRATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME | BERMAN, JASON | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18482791 | GAS DIFFUSER PLATE COATED WITH EMISSIVITY-CONTROLLING THIN FILM AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18482790 | LASER-TEXTURED SURFACE AND MEHODS OF FORMING SAME | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEugenus Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jr, Joseph Albert Miller has the most, with 2 of Eugenus Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
