Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Picosun OY has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are highly distributed, with 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units involved. This means every pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit, representing the maximum possible diversity for a portfolio of this size. This structure minimizes the risk of systemic delays or rejections within any single art unit or from any single examiner. Each application is treated as a completely independent technical and administrative matter.
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of all other examiners in this portfolio. Because each of the 6 pending office actions is in a different art unit, practitioners must navigate 6 sets of art-unit-specific guidelines and 6 individual examiner preferences. This high level of dispersion suggests that the company's current applications cover a wide range of technical innovations within the Chemistry & Materials field. No single examiner or art unit holds more than 1 pending office action, making each case a unique prosecution effort. Practitioners should prepare for 6 distinct examination environments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.7% | +25.5% |
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1 | 57.5% | +22.7% |
| CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1 | 62.5% | -15.3% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| PHAM, THOMAS T | 1 | 51.5% | +15.8% |
| MOORE, KARLA A | 1 | 43.1% | +13.6% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 1 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562071 | PLASMA RESISTANT COATING, RELATED PRODUCTION METHOD AND USES | PHAM, THOMAS T | 50d overdue |
| 18974052 | PHOTOPROTECTIVE COATING FILMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18951765 | FLOODING PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| 18697992 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, RELATED COATED ITEMS AND USES | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18002512 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | MOORE, KARLA 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562071 | PLASMA RESISTANT COATING, RELATED PRODUCTION METHOD AND USES | PHAM, THOMAS T | 50d overdue |
| 18974052 | PHOTOPROTECTIVE COATING FILMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18951765 | FLOODING PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| 18697992 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, RELATED COATED ITEMS AND USES | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18002512 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | MOORE, KARLA A | — |
| 17791075 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | SWEELY, KURT D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1716 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974052 | PHOTOPROTECTIVE COATING FILMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18951765 | FLOODING PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18824950 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a reaction chamber | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18697992 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, RELATED COATED ITEMS AND USES | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18562071 | PLASMA RESISTANT COATING, RELATED PRODUCTION METHOD AND USES | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18002512 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | MOORE, KARLA A | 1716 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17791075 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | SWEELY, KURT D | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPicosun OY has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Alexander Marion Weddle has the most, with 1 of Picosun OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
