Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Formosa Plastics Corporation has 8 pending office actions and 8 distinct examiners within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across a corresponding number of art units, indicating a highly fragmented prosecution landscape with 8 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, SWANSON, ANDREW L, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which is consistent with the overall distribution of the portfolio.
For the company, this distribution means that every pending matter is being evaluated in a unique environment. With 8 distinct art units involved, the prosecution team must navigate various technical standards and examiner expectations. There is no opportunity to leverage a relationship with a specific examiner to resolve multiple cases. Practitioners should expect a high degree of variability in the feedback received across these 8 pending office actions, as each examiner and art unit operates independently.
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 | 4 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1 | 66.5% | +11.9% |
| WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1 | 54.9% | +45.7% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
| LEE, RIP A | 1 | 83.5% | -4.0% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +22.0% |
| SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1 | 73.5% | +19.6% |
| LE, EMILY M | 1 | 17.9% | -3.7% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18314362 | ELECTROLYTIC CELL AND ELECTROLYTIC CELLS IN SERIES, WHICH CAN BE USED AS CHLORALKALI ELECTROLYTIC CELL AND PROCESS CO2 | LE, EMILY M | 27d |
| 19210687 | IMPREGNATION METHOD FOR FIBER PREPREG | SWANSON, ANDREW L | — |
| 18459963 | CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR POLYMERIZING PROPYLENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYPROPYLENE | LEE, RIP A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18540128 | SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 30d overdue |
| 19210687 | IMPREGNATION METHOD FOR FIBER PREPREG | SWANSON, ANDREW L | — |
| 18750430 | SIZING AGENT COMPOSITION, SIZING AGENT, CARBON FIBER COVERED WITH SIZING AGENT, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL | WEISS, PAMELA HL | — |
| 18453138 | RESIN MATRIX COMPOSITION, PREPREG, CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIN MATRIX | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18343168 | SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | — |
| 18173668 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19210687 | IMPREGNATION METHOD FOR FIBER PREPREG | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 18750430 | SIZING AGENT COMPOSITION, SIZING AGENT, CARBON FIBER COVERED WITH SIZING AGENT, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL | WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1732 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18540128 | SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18459963 | CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR POLYMERIZING PROPYLENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYPROPYLENE | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18453138 | RESIN MATRIX COMPOSITION, PREPREG, CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIN MATRIX | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18343168 | SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18314362 | ELECTROLYTIC CELL AND ELECTROLYTIC CELLS IN SERIES, WHICH CAN BE USED AS CHLORALKALI ELECTROLYTIC CELL AND PROCESS CO2 | LE, EMILY M | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18173668 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFormosa Plastics Corporation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.
Andrew L Swanson has the most, with 1 of Formosa Plastics Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
