Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Qingdao Mesnac Machinery & Electric Engineering Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions. These applications fall under the Chemistry & Materials technology area. All 3 pending office actions are assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's current prosecution. There are 2 distinct examiners assigned to these cases. PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP is the busiest examiner, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions.
This means that 2 of the 3 pending office actions are consolidated under a single individual, while the remaining action is handled by the other distinct examiner. The concentration of 2 busiest examiner pending actions with PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP in the Chemistry & Materials field makes her a key figure for the portfolio. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, practitioners can maintain a consistent technical argument. However, they must still address the preferences of the 2 distinct examiners responsible for the 3 pending office actions. This strategy balances examiner concentration with art unit focus.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 2 | 63.6% | +45.9% |
| SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1 | 55.5% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875738 | ROLLER TURN-UP MECHANISM AND MECHANICAL DRUM | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875741 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 33d |
| 18875748 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18875738 | ROLLER TURN-UP MECHANISM AND MECHANICAL DRUM | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875748 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1749 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875738 | ROLLER TURN-UP MECHANISM AND MECHANICAL DRUM | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1749 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875741 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialQingdao Mesnac Machinery & Electric Engineering Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Sedef Esra Ayalp Paquette has the most, with 2 of Qingdao Mesnac Machinery & Electric Engineering Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
