Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nitricity Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, reflecting a varied technical focus for the company's current filings. Joseph Albert Miller, Jr is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that the company's active prosecution is not centralized under one person.
With 2 pending office actions assigned to 2 distinct examiners, the company's patent strategy involves multiple points of review. Joseph Albert Miller, Jr's role as the busiest examiner involves 1 pending office action, which is a portion of the total active workload. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in Chemistry & Materials are being evaluated by different specialized groups. This spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units requires the company to manage diverse examiner expectations simultaneously.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1 | 68.5% | +16.2% |
| PEREZ, JELITZA M | 1 | 75.1% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410958 | GAS-FLOW-ENGINEERED PLASMA REACTOR FOR EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING FIXED NITROGEN PRODUCTS | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410958 | GAS-FLOW-ENGINEERED PLASMA REACTOR FOR EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING FIXED NITROGEN PRODUCTS | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18492464 | SUSTAINABLE PLASMA NITROPHOSPHATE PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS PRODUCTS AND FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION | PEREZ, JELITZA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18410958 | GAS-FLOW-ENGINEERED PLASMA REACTOR FOR EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING FIXED NITROGEN PRODUCTS | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18492464 | SUSTAINABLE PLASMA NITROPHOSPHATE PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS PRODUCTS AND FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION | PEREZ, JELITZA M | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNitricity Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jr, Joseph Albert Miller has the most, with 1 of Nitricity Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
