Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pulseforge Inc. is managing 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. BEHA, CAROLINE is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. The data shows a lack of concentration, as each of the 5 pending office actions is with a different examiner.
This correspondence between actions, examiners, and art units means that no two cases are being reviewed by the same person or in the same specialized USPTO group. The prosecution strategy must be customized for 5 different individual styles and 5 different sets of art unit guidelines. This distribution suggests the company chemistry and materials filings cover a range of technical classifications. Practitioners must manage 5 separate relationships and sets of examiner preferences across the 5 distinct art units.
The lack of concentration under BEHA, CAROLINE means that no single examiner habits will dictate the outcome of the entire portfolio. Strategy should be focused on the individual requirements of each art unit within the Chemistry & Materials area. The 5 pending office actions represent a set of challenges across the USPTO. Each application requires a unique approach tailored to the specific examiner and the technical standards of their respective art unit. The outcome of the 5 pending office actions will impact the company intellectual property standing.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHA, CAROLINE | 1 | 57.6% | +24.0% |
| BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | 1 | 90.6% | -1.3% |
| WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | 1 | 80.1% | -4.6% |
| CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 1 | 42.4% | +7.5% |
| WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1 | 73.8% | -1.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605697 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AND DETACHING WAFERS DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | — |
| 18199943 | METHOD FOR CURING AND RELEASING THERMOSETTING POLYMERS ON A COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE | WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19089850 | Roughened Carrier for Debonding of Bonded Stack | BEHA, CAROLINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19089850 | Roughened Carrier for Debonding of Bonded Stack | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18605697 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AND DETACHING WAFERS DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18199943 | METHOD FOR CURING AND RELEASING THERMOSETTING POLYMERS ON A COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE | WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2023 |
| 18086693 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS ON A SUBSTRATE | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17741460 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AND DETACHING SUBSTRATES DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPulseforge Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Caroline Beha has the most, with 1 of Pulseforge Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
