Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
16 pending office actions • 13 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited holds a portfolio with 18 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is decentralized, as evidenced by the 18 distinct examiners assigned to these 18 actions. This ratio of 18 examiners to 18 pending actions means that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person, necessitating an adaptable prosecution strategy. The technical diversity is also high, with the 18 pending office actions distributed across 14 distinct art units.
This count of 14 art units is lower than the 18 distinct examiners involved in the prosecution. TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S is identified as the busiest examiner, but this designation is based on 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner's pending count of 1 is a small fraction of the 18 total actions, the institute's overall success is not dependent on any single examiner's discretion. The spread across 14 art units indicates a range of material science innovations.
The role of TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S as the busiest examiner involves 1 pending office action, which is the same count as the other examiners if the 18 actions are divided among the 18 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the institute is exposed to a variety of examination standards. The spread across 14 distinct art units provides a foundation for its Chemistry & Materials portfolio, as no single art unit controls the majority of the active cases.
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 | 7 (44%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.4% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
| PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1 | — | — |
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.6% | +43.0% |
| KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1 | 56.7% | +17.7% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 58.0% | +4.5% |
| LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1 | 63.7% | +8.3% |
| HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE | 1 | 48.3% | +41.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000578 | MULTI-THREAT PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH A MULTI-LAYERED FABRIC COMPOSITE | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 18908865 | QUASI-PERMANENT CHARGE-BEARING NANOFIBER AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18762661 | Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18623069 | LIGHTWEIGHT NANOBUBBLE GENERATOR | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18393724 | MULTIMODE IMMERSION COOLING | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 18453311 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHTWEIGHT THERMAL INSULATING CELLULAR CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000578 | MULTI-THREAT PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH A MULTI-LAYERED FABRIC COMPOSITE | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 18908865 | QUASI-PERMANENT CHARGE-BEARING NANOFIBER AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 18762661 | Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18635176 | ANTIMICROBIAL COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| 18623069 | LIGHTWEIGHT NANOBUBBLE GENERATOR | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18590980 | WIDE OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE SECONDARY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | — |
| 18402071 | AEROGEL FIBER | EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 3 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 3641 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000578 | MULTI-THREAT PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH A MULTI-LAYERED FABRIC COMPOSITE | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18908865 | QUASI-PERMANENT CHARGE-BEARING NANOFIBER AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18762661 | Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18635031 | MASTER BATCH COMPOSITION FOR A WEIGHT-REDUCED PLASTIC PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1763 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18635176 | ANTIMICROBIAL COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18623069 | LIGHTWEIGHT NANOBUBBLE GENERATOR | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18604441 | LIGHTWEIGHT CORE-SHELL AGGREGATE AND CONCRETE | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18592537 | ANTI-FOGGING COMPOSITION AND ANTI-FOGGING PLASTICS PREPARED THEREFROM | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18590980 | WIDE OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE SECONDARY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18402071 | AEROGEL FIBER | EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18393724 | MULTIMODE IMMERSION COOLING | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18506144 | ACID AND ALKALI-RESISTANT AND THERMOSTABILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES, AND MANUFACTURE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18453311 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHTWEIGHT THERMAL INSULATING CELLULAR CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18448970 | OXYGEN BARRIER COATING COMPOSITION AND COATING SOLUTION, COATING LAYER, AND PRODUCT COMPRISING THE SAME | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18336055 | VERSATILE SELF-ADHESIVE MODIFIERS ON SILICONE RUBBER FOR BONDING PLASTIC AUTOMATICALLY | DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA | 1763 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18296962 | ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL FABRIC, FORMULATION FOR SOFT COATING AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 16 examiners.
Jr, Reginald S Tillman has the most, with 1 of Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
