Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Icl Europe Cooperatief U A is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates some level of examiner overlap within the portfolio. All 5 pending matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a very high degree of technical focus. JENNIFER A SMITH is the busiest examiner for the company, accounting for 3 pending office actions.
For a practitioner, this means that SMITH's examination style will have a significant impact on 3 of the company's current pending applications. The concentration of all 5 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical arguments and prior art landscape will be highly consistent across the entire portfolio. This structure allows the applicant to refine their strategy based on the feedback from a small group of 3 distinct examiners. The high level of focus in the Chemistry & Materials sector within a single art unit indicates a very specific technical direction for the company. Practitioners should prioritize the interactions with JENNIFER A SMITH, as her decisions will affect the majority of the active cases. This centralized profile offers opportunities for efficiency in 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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JENNIFER A | 3 | 60.9% | +26.9% |
| SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 2 | 31.4% | +56.3% |
| WIESE, NOAH S | 1 | 83.4% | -1.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275428 | A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A UNIFIED GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND AN N-FERTILIZER | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 83d |
| 18707584 | A GLASS COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYHALITE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | WIESE, NOAH S | — |
| 18285253 | COCRYSTAL FERTILIZERS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | — |
| 17924999 | A FERTILIZER GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND MELTED UREA AND A GRANULATION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785098 | A POLYHALITE AND SOP GRANULE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 62d |
| 18275428 | A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A UNIFIED GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND AN N-FERTILIZER | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 83d |
| 18285253 | COCRYSTAL FERTILIZERS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | — |
| 17924999 | A FERTILIZER GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND MELTED UREA AND A GRANULATION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | — |
| 17785999 | GRANULES OF POLYHALITE AND UREA AND A COMPACTION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18707584 | A GLASS COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYHALITE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2024 |
| 18285253 | COCRYSTAL FERTILIZERS | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2023 |
| 18275428 | A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A UNIFIED GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND AN N-FERTILIZER | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 17924999 | A FERTILIZER GRANULE OF POLYHALITE AND MELTED UREA AND A GRANULATION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2022 |
| 17785999 | GRANULES OF POLYHALITE AND UREA AND A COMPACTION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17785098 | A POLYHALITE AND SOP GRANULE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialIcl Europe Cooperatief U A has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Jennifer A Smith has the most, with 3 of Icl Europe Cooperatief U A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
