Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guill Tool & Engineering Co. Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are being handled by 3 distinct examiners, which means that no two pending matters are currently under the review of the same person. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution results are subject to a range of individual examiner interpretations. Additionally, the portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units, indicating a technical footprint that is spread across three different specialized groups within the chemistry sector.
The busiest examiner, KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R, is currently assigned to 1 pending office action. Since each of the 3 distinct examiners holds only 1 action, the portfolio's success is not dependent on any single individual's favor. However, the presence of 3 distinct art units means that the applicant must navigate the specific procedural nuances of multiple administrative bodies. With 3 pending office actions in total, the strategy must be tailored to the individual styles of the 3 examiners while adhering to the standards of the 3 different art units involved. This structure ensures that each matter is evaluated 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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 66.4% | +12.9% |
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 1 | 59.5% | +31.0% |
| KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1 | 61.7% | +20.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18643480 | COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS | GOFF II, JOHN L | 16d overdue |
| 19271893 | ANNULAR MICROLAYER FEEDBLOCK | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15037924 | COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS FIELD | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 87d overdue |
| 18643480 | COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS | GOFF II, JOHN L | 16d overdue |
| 19271893 | ANNULAR MICROLAYER FEEDBLOCK | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271893 | ANNULAR MICROLAYER FEEDBLOCK | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 18643480 | COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 15037924 | COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS FIELD | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2016 |
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Start Free TrialGuill Tool & Engineering Co. Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Nicholas R Krasnow has the most, with 1 of Guill Tool & Engineering Co. Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
