Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nextchem Tech S P A is actively prosecuting a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There are currently 3 pending office actions associated with the company's filings. These actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners, meaning that each examiner is currently reviewing one active case. The workload is further divided between 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within the chemistry-focused filings.
NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Given that there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending actions, the workload is evenly distributed. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology may be categorized into different chemical or material sub-specialties. For a practitioner, this means monitoring the procedural nuances of two different units while managing individual relationships with three separate examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1 | 55.9% | +24.3% |
| BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | 1 | 23.8% | +56.3% |
| TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1 | 63.2% | +36.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
| 18569258 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYSTS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND CATALYSTS THUS OBTAINED | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710073 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BY CRACKING METHANE AND LOW CO2 EMISSION HYDROCARBONS | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | — |
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
| 18569258 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYSTS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND CATALYSTS THUS OBTAINED | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710073 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BY CRACKING METHANE AND LOW CO2 EMISSION HYDROCARBONS | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1734 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18294972 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL WITHOUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY CONVERSION OF SYNGAS OBTAINED FROM THE THERMAL CONVERSION OF WASTE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18569258 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYSTS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND CATALYSTS THUS OBTAINED | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNextchem Tech S P A has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Anita Nassiri Motlagh has the most, with 1 of Nextchem Tech S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
