Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The National Institute For Environmental Studies has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, GORDON, BRIAN R, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized focus on environmental chemistry or materials.
With 1 pending office action, the institute's current prosecution efforts are concentrated on a single point of review. The outcome of this matter will be determined by the specific interpretations of GORDON, BRIAN R, making this examiner the primary focus for the applicant's legal strategy. The 1 distinct examiner involved is the only person currently reviewing the institute's patent claims in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is being evaluated within a specific division of the patent office. Because there is only 1 busiest examiner pending action, the institute can focus its legal resources on addressing the specific prior art and legal issues raised by GORDON, BRIAN R. This focused approach allows for a highly targeted response but offers no internal benchmarks from other active cases.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, BRIAN R | 1 | 65.3% | +19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431514 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STEROID BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETRY | GORDON, BRIAN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431514 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STEROID BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETRY | GORDON, BRIAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18431514 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STEROID BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETRY | GORDON, BRIAN R | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNational Institute For Environmental Studies has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian R Gordon has the most, with 1 of National Institute For Environmental Studies's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
