Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Jelmar LLC has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being processed in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused prosecution presence for the company, likely centered on a specific chemical formulation or material science innovation. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current patent interests are technically cohesive and do not span multiple disparate fields.
NECHOLUS OGDEN JR is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual handles the only active matter, as the total 1 pending office action count is limited. The concentration of the workload under 1 distinct examiner shows a point of engagement with the patent office. This arrangement provides the applicant with a clear line of communication for their pending application, though it also concentrates the risk of the prosecution outcome on the decisions of this examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1 | 69.7% | +23.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758228 | Alkyl Sulfonic Acid Compositions Useful in Descaling Applications | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758228 | Alkyl Sulfonic Acid Compositions Useful in Descaling Applications | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18758228 | Alkyl Sulfonic Acid Compositions Useful in Descaling Applications | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1761 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJelmar LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Necholus Ogden Jr. has the most, with 1 of Jelmar LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
