Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Greer Steel Company is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a localized examination process where all current feedback is originating from a single source. This can be relevant for maintaining a consistent narrative across the company's intellectual property filings in this technical domain. The focus on a single art unit simplifies the tracking of relevant prior art and examiner tendencies.
The busiest examiner, CHRISTY, KATHERINE A, is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This figure matches the total of 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. Consequently, the company's immediate patent strategy is focused on resolving the requirements of this specific examiner. The use of 1 distinct art unit further emphasizes the specialized nature of the pending matter. Practitioners should prepare for a focused negotiation, as the outcome of the pending office action rests entirely with the assigned examiner, requiring a precise and well-supported response.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1 | 75.4% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19232767 | STEEL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USES IN PRODUCING RIMFIRE CARTRIDGES | CHRISTY, KATHERINE 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19232767 | STEEL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USES IN PRODUCING RIMFIRE CARTRIDGES | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232767 | STEEL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USES IN PRODUCING RIMFIRE CARTRIDGES | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGreer Steel Company has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katherine A Christy has the most, with 1 of Greer Steel Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
