Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Maxam Industries Ltd. has a portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There is 1 pending office action currently active for the company. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which simplifies the current prosecution landscape. The company's work is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the Chemistry & Materials applications are being reviewed in a consistent technical environment at the patent office.
SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since 1 distinct examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action, the company can tailor its responses to the specific style of SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY. The lack of multiple art units or examiners reduces the risk of conflicting requirements during prosecution. This focused approach is typical for portfolios with a single active matter in the Chemistry & Materials field.
The progress of the portfolio depends on the resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. There are no other examiners or pending actions to consider, which simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property. The prosecution strategy is currently centered on the evaluation of SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved to ensure a successful outcome for the pending application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | 1 | 45.5% | +41.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912844 | VEHICLE WASHING APPARATUS | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912844 | VEHICLE WASHING APPARATUS | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18912844 | VEHICLE WASHING APPARATUS | SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY | 1749 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaxam Industries Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katelyn Whatley Smith has the most, with 1 of Maxam Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
