Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Materials Development Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. Snelting, Erin Lynn is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. This indicates a singular and focused point of contact for the company's current prosecution effort at the patent office.
For a company with this specific workload, the examiner's preferences and the art unit's historical trends will be the primary factors in determining the immediate outcome. Practitioners should focus on establishing a clear line of communication with Snelting, Erin Lynn, as this individual holds the entirety of the company's current pending workload. Because the prosecution is limited to a single art unit, the company can tailor its strategy to the specific examination standards of that unit. This focused approach may allow for more efficient resolution of the pending office action compared to portfolios spread across multiple units. The concentrated nature of this portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials sector requires a highly targeted prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNELTING, ERIN LYNN | 1 | 70.2% | +33.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18934758 | METHOD FOR GLASS FORMATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF PRODUCTS MADE FROM NON-EQUILIBRIUM LIQUIDS BY PROCESSING IN REDUCED GRAVITY | SNELTING, ERIN LYNN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18934758 | METHOD FOR GLASS FORMATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF PRODUCTS MADE FROM NON-EQUILIBRIUM LIQUIDS BY PROCESSING IN REDUCED GRAVITY | SNELTING, ERIN LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18934758 | METHOD FOR GLASS FORMATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF PRODUCTS MADE FROM NON-EQUILIBRIUM LIQUIDS BY PROCESSING IN REDUCED GRAVITY | SNELTING, ERIN LYNN | 1741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaterials Development Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Erin Lynn Snelting has the most, with 1 of Materials Development Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
