Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
N2B Limited is currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 4 pending office actions. These filings are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates some concentration of the workload among a group of officials. SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, as he is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions.
The company's prosecution is focused within 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the technical innovations fall into a specific range of chemical categories. For a practitioner, the concentration in 2 distinct art units allows for a specialized approach to meeting the examination standards of these divisions. The 4 pending office actions represent the total active pipeline for the company in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Because SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK oversees 2 busiest examiner pending office actions, his specific examination style will significantly impact the portfolio's progress. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners overall provides variety in feedback, but the focus remains on the 2 distinct art units. Practitioners should prioritize consistent messaging across the 4 pending office actions to ensure a cohesive prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 2 | 47.4% | +37.2% |
| BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1 | 42.9% | +15.8% |
| BELYAEV, YANA | 1 | 58.3% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18312058 | COATING FOR SMOKING CAPSULE | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | — |
| 18308173 | SMOKING CAPSULE WITH RESISTANCE MATCHING | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18312063 | SMOKING CAPSULE WITH INNER LINING | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 35d overdue |
| 18303633 | SMOKING CAPSULE THAT PROVIDES METERED DOSE | BELYAEV, YANA | 12d |
| 18312058 | COATING FOR SMOKING CAPSULE | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | — |
| 18308173 | SMOKING CAPSULE WITH RESISTANCE MATCHING | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 2 |
| 1700 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18312063 | SMOKING CAPSULE WITH INNER LINING | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18312058 | COATING FOR SMOKING CAPSULE | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18308173 | SMOKING CAPSULE WITH RESISTANCE MATCHING | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18303633 | SMOKING CAPSULE THAT PROVIDES METERED DOSE | BELYAEV, YANA | 1755 | DP | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialN2B Limited has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Thomas Frank Schneider has the most, with 2 of N2B Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
