Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harima Chemicals Incorporated is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio shows a single point of interaction with the patent office, with all pending activity focused on one application.
DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual is the sole examiner for the 1 pending office action currently in the pipeline. Because the entire portfolio's pending status rests with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution outcome is dependent on the review of this specific individual. Practitioners should observe that the current workload is limited to this single point of contact.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1 | 74.8% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559191 | AQUEOUS COATING AGENT, ARTICLE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ROSIN-MODIFIED POLYESTER RESIN | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559191 | AQUEOUS COATING AGENT, ARTICLE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ROSIN-MODIFIED POLYESTER RESIN | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18559191 | AQUEOUS COATING AGENT, ARTICLE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ROSIN-MODIFIED POLYESTER RESIN | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHarima Chemicals Incorporated has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Olga Lucia Donahue has the most, with 1 of Harima Chemicals Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
