Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pacific Insulated Panel LLC (D/B/A R-Seal) has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, VAN SELL, NATHAN L. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct art unit. This organizational structure suggests a highly focused prosecution strategy in this specific technological field, as the company is not currently navigating multiple art units or examiner perspectives.
VAN SELL, NATHAN L is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 1 pending office action. This single action constitutes the company's entire active docket. The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused effort in the Chemistry & Materials sector. For a practitioner, this means that the company's current success in this field depends on the outcomes of this singular interaction, emphasizing the importance of this specific examiner relationship.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1 | 54.5% | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18623718 | COMPOSITE INSULATION PANEL | VAN SELL, NATHAN 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18623718 | COMPOSITE INSULATION PANEL | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18623718 | COMPOSITE INSULATION PANEL | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPacific Insulated Panel LLC (D/B/A R-Seal) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathan L Van Sell has the most, with 1 of Pacific Insulated Panel LLC (D/B/A R-Seal)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
