Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 4 pending office actions. These actions are being handled by 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a diversified prosecution strategy for the company's chemical filings. This variety of assignments suggests that the company's applications cover multiple specialized sub-fields within the materials sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SALAMON, PETER A, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the 4 pending office actions are assigned to different examiners. The use of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is being reviewed by several different specialized groups. For practitioners, this decentralized prosecution requires a coordinated strategy to manage the various examiner interactions and ensure consistent outcomes across the different technical classifications within the USPTO.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALAMON, PETER A | 1 | 86.3% | +5.9% |
| FOSS, DAVID ROGER | 1 | 74.2% | +33.9% |
| OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1 | 53.2% | +11.8% |
| RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 72.7% | +11.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691986 | ASA-COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH INCREASED TRANSMITTANCE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | SALAMON, PETER 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569507 | HIGH CLARITY AND DUCTILE MOLDING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SMMA COPOLYMER AND A SBC-BLOCK COPOLYMER | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | — |
| 18562066 | ACRYLIC RUBBER FOR THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL WITH GOOD LOW TEMPERATURE IMPACT STRENGTH | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — |
| 17997600 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED MIGRATION OF STABILISERS | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18691986 | ASA-COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH INCREASED TRANSMITTANCE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | SALAMON, PETER A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18569507 | HIGH CLARITY AND DUCTILE MOLDING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SMMA COPOLYMER AND A SBC-BLOCK COPOLYMER | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | 1764 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18562066 | ACRYLIC RUBBER FOR THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL WITH GOOD LOW TEMPERATURE IMPACT STRENGTH | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 17997600 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED MIGRATION OF STABILISERS | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialIneos Styrolution Group GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Peter A Salamon has the most, with 1 of Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
