Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pitco Frialator Inc. has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, so the available prosecution activity is concentrated in one assignment.
WESTALL, ALEC STONE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel can direct review toward that examiner’s requirements and the technical context of the assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTALL, ALEC STONE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18633266 | TILTABLE FILTER CANISTER | WESTALL, ALEC STONE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18633266 | TILTABLE FILTER CANISTER | WESTALL, ALEC STONE | 1779 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPitco Frialator Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alec Stone Westall has the most, with 1 of Pitco Frialator Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
