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
Hexcel Corporation has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the docket is divided across separate examination settings.
SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should coordinate the portfolio while treating each examiner assignment independently.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO | 1 | — | — |
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.6% | +43.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18512268 | Analytical Method for Preparing PEKK for SLS Process | SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO | — |
| 18334081 | CARBOXYLATE SALTS OF AMINE COMPOUNDS AS CURING AGENTS | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18334081 | CARBOXYLATE SALTS OF AMINE COMPOUNDS AS CURING AGENTS | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18512268 | Analytical Method for Preparing PEKK for SLS Process | SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18334081 | CARBOXYLATE SALTS OF AMINE COMPOUNDS AS CURING AGENTS | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHexcel Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Gerard Zhihao Shi has the most, with 1 of Hexcel Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
