Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Plastic Suppliers Inc. Dba Earthfirst has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is currently being conducted through 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular point of interaction with the patent office. This focused profile suggests that the company is currently prioritizing a specific material science innovation. For the practitioner, this concentration means that the immediate success of the company's patent strategy depends on the resolution of this single pending matter, with no other active applications to diversify the prosecution risk.
The busiest examiner, LEE, DORIS L, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This figure accounts for the total 1 pending office action for the company, meaning the current prosecution strategy is entirely focused on the review of this specific examiner. Because the busiest examiner handles the only active action, their feedback and requirements are the sole focus for the company's legal efforts. A successful outcome will require a response strategy that is specifically tailored to this examiner's concerns, as there are no other pending actions to provide alternative opportunities for securing patent protection.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, DORIS L | 1 | 58.7% | +8.8% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18414431 | BLOWN FILM ARTICLE OF PHA AND WAX ADDITIVES | LEE, DORIS L | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPlastic Suppliers Inc. Dba Earthfirst has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Doris L Lee has the most, with 1 of Plastic Suppliers Inc. Dba Earthfirst's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
