Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Norsk Hydro ASA currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, but they are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This indicates that while multiple examiners are involved, some of the 3 pending office actions are being processed within the same administrative group.
YANG, JIE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently assigned to him. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for the 3 pending office actions, the workload is evenly distributed at the individual level. However, the use of only 2 distinct art units suggests a more focused technical oversight than a portfolio with a higher unit count.
Managing 3 pending office actions across 3 distinct examiners requires the legal team to navigate three different personal review styles. The concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for some consistency in the broader Chemistry & Materials policy applications. This prosecution profile reflects a balanced approach to securing intellectual property rights across a small number of specialized units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JIE | 1 | 62.5% | +19.4% |
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 64.2% | +7.5% |
| KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 60.0% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712861 | A 6XXX ALLOY FOR EXTRUSION WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED PRODUCTS | YANG, JIE | — |
| 18561091 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN ALUMINIUM METAL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18039545 | A HIGH TEMPERATURE STABLE ALSICU ALLOY | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 51d overdue |
| 18712861 | A 6XXX ALLOY FOR EXTRUSION WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED PRODUCTS | YANG, JIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712861 | A 6XXX ALLOY FOR EXTRUSION WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED PRODUCTS | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18561091 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN ALUMINIUM METAL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18039545 | A HIGH TEMPERATURE STABLE ALSICU ALLOY | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNorsk Hydro ASA has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Jie Yang has the most, with 1 of Norsk Hydro ASA's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
