Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ohio Gratings Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's current applications are being evaluated independently by different units within the patent office. The busiest examiner, TRAN, PHI DIEU, is handling 1 pending office action.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for the 2 pending office actions highlights a lack of concentration in the company's current prosecution. Each of the 2 distinct examiners is responsible for a single action, including TRAN, PHI DIEU. This structure requires the company to address the specific requirements and styles of different examiners across multiple technical groups. TRAN, PHI DIEU is responsible for 1 pending office action, representing half of the active examination workload for the company's chemistry filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUX, JESSICA L | 1 | 54.3% | +29.3% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426672 | GRATING HAVING BEARING BARS WITH UNIQUE CROSS SECTION | LAUX, JESSICA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426672 | GRATING HAVING BEARING BARS WITH UNIQUE CROSS SECTION | LAUX, JESSICA L | — |
| 18426661 | BAR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN GRATINGS | TRAN, PHI DIEU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18426672 | GRATING HAVING BEARING BARS WITH UNIQUE CROSS SECTION | LAUX, JESSICA L | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18426661 | BAR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN GRATINGS | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1772 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOhio Gratings Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jessica L Laux has the most, with 1 of Ohio Gratings Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
