Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanwha Azdel Inc. maintains a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, currently facing 4 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This 1-to-1 ratio between actions, examiners, and art units suggests a diverse set of technological inquiries rather than a cluster of related filings in a single sub-specialty. The company's active prosecution is spread thinly across the administrative structure of the patent office.
VICTORIA BARTLETT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though she is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates that the workload is perfectly balanced among the 4 distinct examiners involved. No single examiner holds a majority of the pending cases, which may reduce the impact of any individual examiner's specific procedural tendencies on the overall portfolio health. Each of the 4 pending office actions is being evaluated independently by a different individual.
The presence of 4 distinct art units within the Chemistry & Materials sector implies that the company's innovations span several specialized niches. Practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles, as each of the 4 pending office actions is being evaluated by a different individual in a different administrative unit. This distribution requires a broad strategy that accounts for the unique standards of multiple art units simultaneously. There is no central examiner or unit to focus on, necessitating a versatile approach to prosecution.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.9% |
| COONEY, JOHN M | 1 | 62.9% | +21.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 22d |
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18209774 | HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT CONSOLIDATED POROUS CORE LAYERS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM | COONEY, JOHN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18629413 | REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 42d overdue |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 22d |
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18209774 | HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT CONSOLIDATED POROUS CORE LAYERS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM | COONEY, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060236 | LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18629419 | UNDERBODY SHIELDS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH LAMINATED FIBER REINFORCEMENT | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18629413 | REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18209774 | HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT CONSOLIDATED POROUS CORE LAYERS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHanwha Azdel Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Victoria Bartlett has the most, with 1 of Hanwha Azdel Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
