Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heedae Park is managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This shows that even with a small number of pending actions, the work is split across different individuals and sections of the patent office. This distribution suggests that the 2 pending applications may cover different technical aspects within the broader chemistry and materials field, requiring separate examiner expertise for each. Practitioners must manage 2 separate examiner relationships across 2 different art units.
The busiest examiner is DERUSSO, JOHN J, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, each examiner, including DERUSSO, JOHN J, is handling 1 action. This means that the company's prosecution is divided between the 2 assigned examiners and 2 art units. Practitioners must manage 2 distinct relationships and navigate the specific requirements of 2 different art units to advance the company's pending patent applications. This lack of consolidation means that the outcome of 1 case may not necessarily influence the other, requiring a coordinated approach to maintain consistency across the 2 distinct examiners and art units.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | TOLIN, MICHAEL 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19533100 | SHOE UPPER MOLDING MOLD WITH IMPROVED MOLDING QUALITY USING LOWER MOLD AND UPPER MOLD INTERPOSED STOPPER THEREBETWEEN | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2026 |
| 19176936 | MANUFACTUREING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT MELT-BLOWN HOT-MELT NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING HYDROPHOBIC NANO SILICA | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHeedae Park has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
John J Derusso has the most, with 1 of Heedae Park's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
