Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gates Corporation is managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's current activity is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution across multiple specialized technical groups requires a versatile prosecution strategy to address the varying standards of the different units involved. Practitioners should note that the company's intellectual property assets are being evaluated by several independent officials simultaneously, which may lead to different timelines for each application.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is DIAS, RAVEEN J, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This examiner handles 1 of the 3 total pending office actions currently active. With the workload spread across 3 distinct examiners, the company's success depends on navigating 3 separate examination processes within the Chemistry & Materials sector. This decentralized workload means that the company's overall progress is not dependent on a single examiner but rather on the outcomes of multiple independent reviews. Managing these diverse interactions requires careful coordination to ensure consistency across the entire active portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, HENRY Y | 1 | 75.7% | +13.0% |
| DIAS, RAVEEN J | 1 | 80.7% | +17.0% |
| TATESURE, VINCENT | 1 | 44.8% | +31.9% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.9% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17955521 | MILLABLE POLYURETHANE-BASED POWER TRANSMISSION BELTS, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | 42d overdue |
| 18952667 | OPTIMIZING BELT AND WHEEL SYSTEMS | DIAS, RAVEEN J | — |
| 18724516 | REINFORCED-ELASTOMER ARTICLE WITH MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC FILM | TATESURE, VINCENT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17955521 | MILLABLE POLYURETHANE-BASED POWER TRANSMISSION BELTS, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | 42d overdue |
| 19113282 | POWER TRANSMISSION BELTS WITH ALIGNED REINFORCEMENT ELEMENTS | LIU, HENRY Y | — |
| 18952667 | OPTIMIZING BELT AND WHEEL SYSTEMS | DIAS, RAVEEN J | — |
| 18724516 | REINFORCED-ELASTOMER ARTICLE WITH MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC FILM | TATESURE, VINCENT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 2 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19113282 | POWER TRANSMISSION BELTS WITH ALIGNED REINFORCEMENT ELEMENTS | LIU, HENRY Y | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 18952667 | OPTIMIZING BELT AND WHEEL SYSTEMS | DIAS, RAVEEN J | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18724516 | REINFORCED-ELASTOMER ARTICLE WITH MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC FILM | TATESURE, VINCENT | 1786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 17955521 | MILLABLE POLYURETHANE-BASED POWER TRANSMISSION BELTS, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGates Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Henry Y Liu has the most, with 1 of Gates Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
