Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lifoam Industries LLC is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These filings are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This perfect correlation between the number of actions, examiners, and units suggests that every active application in the portfolio is being reviewed in a unique technical and administrative context.
KATARZYNA I KOLB is the busiest examiner for this entity, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because each of the 6 distinct examiners is only handling one case, the workload is entirely decentralized. This means the outcome of the 6 pending office actions depends on six different individual perspectives within the patent office.
The involvement of 6 distinct art units indicates a broad range of Chemistry & Materials classifications for the company's innovations. Managing these active matters under these conditions requires a versatile legal approach that can adapt to the specific nuances of each unit. The data shows a highly fragmented prosecution landscape where no single examiner or art unit provides a central point of contact.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1 | 45.3% | +17.2% |
| DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1 | 69.7% | +25.3% |
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +22.0% |
| STEVENS, ALLAN D | 1 | 41.5% | +50.3% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 58.0% | +4.5% |
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1 | 36.6% | +48.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18356617 | ADVANCED MONO-MATERIAL EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 20d |
| 18476956 | EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF | LAN, YAN | — |
| 18356611 | EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | — |
| 18191422 | POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18356617 | ADVANCED MONO-MATERIAL EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 20d |
| 18672642 | IMPACT PROPERTIES OF EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID MOLDED FOAM ARTICLES | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | — |
| 18303162 | METHODS FOR BRANDING POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED FOAM ARTICLES | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18476956 | EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF | LAN, YAN | — |
| 18191422 | POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18672642 | IMPACT PROPERTIES OF EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID MOLDED FOAM ARTICLES | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18303162 | METHODS FOR BRANDING POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED FOAM ARTICLES | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18476956 | EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18356617 | ADVANCED MONO-MATERIAL EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18356611 | EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18191422 | POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLifoam Industries LLC has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Katarzyna I Kolb has the most, with 1 of Lifoam Industries LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
