Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Institut De Soudure maintains 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow administrative presence at the patent office. This concentration suggests that the portfolio's immediate future is tied to a specific technical sub-discipline. For a company in the chemistry sector, this often means the patent strategy is focused on a particular material composition handled by 1 distinct art unit.
SIMONE, CATHERINE A serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action under review. As this examiner is the only one currently engaged with the portfolio's 1 pending office action, their specific examination style will be the primary factor in the prosecution timeline. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further confirms that the current legal efforts are focused on a specialized area. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific technical expertise expected within 1 distinct examiner's review to address the requirements of the examination process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793298 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ASSEMBLY BY WELDING OF PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793298 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ASSEMBLY BY WELDING OF PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18793298 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ASSEMBLY BY WELDING OF PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInstitut De Soudure has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Catherine A Simone has the most, with 1 of Institut De Soudure's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
