Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Northern Technologies International Corporation is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are split between distinct art units, suggesting that the company's chemical innovations are being reviewed by different specialized divisions. Furthermore, the involvement of distinct examiners means that each pending case is being handled by a different individual.
WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since she only handles 1 of the pending office actions, her influence is limited to that matter. This distribution prevents the company from being dependent on the discretion of an examiner. Practitioners should prepare for separate prosecution paths, as the examiners and art units may have different approaches to the Chemistry & Materials applications. The lack of overlap between the cases requires a tailored strategy for each office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1 | — | — |
| GERIDO, DWAN A | 1 | 58.1% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18049505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF VOLATILE CORROSION INHIBITORS | GERIDO, DWAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18049505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF VOLATILE CORROSION INHIBITORS | GERIDO, DWAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18906829 | HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED POLYLACTIC ACID (BOPLA) FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18049505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF VOLATILE CORROSION INHIBITORS | GERIDO, DWAN A | 1797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNorthern Technologies International Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tara Noelle Whipkey has the most, with 1 of Northern Technologies International Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
