Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
JX Metals Circular Solutions Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This structure shows that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner in a separate art unit. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemical technologies are being examined in different specialized groups.
SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions in total, the portfolio is distributed evenly across 2 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that the prosecution of the 2 pending office actions is not subject to the same examiner's discretion. Instead, the company must address the specific technical criteria of 2 distinct art units.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 64.2% | +7.5% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.9% | +26.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18717542 | METAL LEACHING METHOD | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18716881 | METAL LEACHING METHOD | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18717542 | METAL LEACHING METHOD | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18716881 | METAL LEACHING METHOD | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJX Metals Circular Solutions Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Moriah Simone Mcmil Smoot has the most, with 1 of JX Metals Circular Solutions Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
