Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Formosa Plastics Corporation U S A has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 5 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. MCCAIG, BRIAN A is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending action currently under review. The distribution of 5 pending office actions among 4 distinct art units suggests some technical overlap in the company's filings.
With 5 distinct examiners involved, the portfolio is subject to a variety of individual perspectives. MCCAIG, BRIAN A is responsible for 1 of the 5 pending actions, indicating that the workload is evenly spread among the assigned examiners. The concentration within the Chemistry & Materials area is consistent, yet the use of 4 distinct art units shows a breadth of specific material applications. This profile requires the company to manage 5 different examiner relationships simultaneously. The 5 pending office actions are the primary focus of the company's current interactions with the USPTO.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1 | 80.5% | +13.3% |
| GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1 | 73.1% | +18.4% |
| LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC | 1 | 77.8% | +0.0% |
| REDDY, KARUNA P | 1 | 42.6% | +10.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609678 | OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPONENTS CONTAINING DIGLYCIDYLESTER COMPONENTS AND ITS USE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING HIGH ISOTACTICITY AT HIGH MELT FLOW RATE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18477901 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST COMPONENT FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLYOLEFIN WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERNAL ELECTRON DONORS | LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC | — |
| 18454204 | Propylene Ethylene Random Copolymer Having Low Hexane Extractable and Xylene Soluble | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609678 | OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPONENTS CONTAINING DIGLYCIDYLESTER COMPONENTS AND ITS USE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING HIGH ISOTACTICITY AT HIGH MELT FLOW RATE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18597519 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A SOLID CATALYST COMPONENT FOR ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION AND CO-POLYMERIZATION WITH HIGH ACTIVITY AND IMPROVED REACTOR OPERABILITY | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | — |
| 18454204 | Propylene Ethylene Random Copolymer Having Low Hexane Extractable and Xylene Soluble | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 2 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18609678 | OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPONENTS CONTAINING DIGLYCIDYLESTER COMPONENTS AND ITS USE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING HIGH ISOTACTICITY AT HIGH MELT FLOW RATE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18597519 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A SOLID CATALYST COMPONENT FOR ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION AND CO-POLYMERIZATION WITH HIGH ACTIVITY AND IMPROVED REACTOR OPERABILITY | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1732 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18477901 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST COMPONENT FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLYOLEFIN WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERNAL ELECTRON DONORS | LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC | 1732 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18454204 | Propylene Ethylene Random Copolymer Having Low Hexane Extractable and Xylene Soluble | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFormosa Plastics Corporation U S A has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Brian A Mccaig has the most, with 1 of Formosa Plastics Corporation U S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
