Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Novomer LLC has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 4 examiners across 4 art units, giving each pending matter a distinct examination setting.
KAHN, RACHEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should use individualized response strategies while applying portfolio review to maintain consistency across the separate assignments.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.3% |
| BAUER, NICOLA MARIA | 1 | 58.7% | +52.1% |
| COPPINS, JANET L | 1 | 72.6% | +26.1% |
| AGUIRRE, AMANDA L | 1 | 77.3% | +15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954921 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM/PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ACRYLIC ACID AND PRECURSORS THEREOF | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954921 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM/PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ACRYLIC ACID AND PRECURSORS THEREOF | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
| 18576970 | STERICALLY MODIFIED SCHIFF BASE LIGANDS FOR ENHANCED CATALYTIC CARBONYLATION ACTIVITY | BAUER, NICOLA MARIA | — |
| 18552683 | A PORPHYRIN COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE PORPHYRIN COMPOSITION | COPPINS, JANET L | — |
| 17964603 | INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AMIDE AND NITRILE COMPOUNDS | AGUIRRE, AMANDA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18954921 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM/PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ACRYLIC ACID AND PRECURSORS THEREOF | KAHN, RACHEL | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18576970 | STERICALLY MODIFIED SCHIFF BASE LIGANDS FOR ENHANCED CATALYTIC CARBONYLATION ACTIVITY | BAUER, NICOLA MARIA | 1621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18552683 | A PORPHYRIN COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE PORPHYRIN COMPOSITION | COPPINS, JANET L | 1628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 17964603 | INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AMIDE AND NITRILE COMPOUNDS | AGUIRRE, AMANDA L | 1626 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNovomer LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Rachel Kahn has the most, with 1 of Novomer LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
