Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Meurer Research Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused approach to its current patent filings. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ROYCE, LIAM A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The concentration of the portfolio under 1 distinct examiner suggests that the applicant's current interactions with the USPTO are limited to a specific examination path. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, this individual handles the entirety of the company's active office action responses. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved further reinforces this narrow channel of prosecution within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Managing 1 pending office action requires a strategy tailored to the specific preferences of the assigned official. The presence of 1 distinct examiner means that the relationship between the applicant and the examiner is the primary factor in resolving the 1 pending office action. This alignment allows for a unified communication strategy but also means that the prosecution success is tied to a single individual's interpretation of the claims.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYCE, LIAM A | 1 | 65.5% | +21.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630231 | METHOD AND COVER SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID CONTAINMENT APPARATUS | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630231 | METHOD AND COVER SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID CONTAINMENT APPARATUS | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18630231 | METHOD AND COVER SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID CONTAINMENT APPARATUS | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMeurer Research Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Liam A Royce has the most, with 1 of Meurer Research Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
