Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Inv Nylon Polymers Americas LLC is navigating 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending matters is being handled independently, with no overlap in the personnel or departments responsible for the review.
LEONARD, MICHAEL L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action, while the remaining 1 action is assigned to another examiner. Because the 2 pending office actions are divided between 2 distinct examiners, the company's success in this technology area is not tied to a single individual's discretion. Practitioners should prepare for two separate prosecution tracks, as the 2 distinct art units involved likely focus on different specialized aspects of chemistry and materials.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1 | 63.7% | +8.3% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +22.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699896 | PROCESS FOR CONSECUTIVE BATCH PRODUCTION OF POLYAMIDE | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276262 | BLOW-MOLDABLE POLYAMIDE COMPOSITIONS | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18699896 | PROCESS FOR CONSECUTIVE BATCH PRODUCTION OF POLYAMIDE | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18276262 | BLOW-MOLDABLE POLYAMIDE COMPOSITIONS | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialInv Nylon Polymers Americas LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael L Leonard has the most, with 1 of Inv Nylon Polymers Americas LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
