Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reactive Surfaces Ltd. LLP operates a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. This activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit at the USPTO. The focus on Chemistry & Materials indicates that the company's current research and development efforts are concentrated on chemical coatings or material science innovations.
The company's prosecution involves a distinct examiner. NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently managing the pending office action. The presence of a single examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the pending workload reflects a focused prosecution path for the company's current technical applications. This centralized prosecution environment allows for a direct line of communication with NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS, which may facilitate a more efficient resolution of the 1 pending office action. The involvement of a single examiner ensures that the prosecution strategy remains consistent across the active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | 1 | 63.7% | -5.2% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18533446 | ENZYMATIC SELF-CLEANING SEALANTS | NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | 1762 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialReactive Surfaces Ltd. LLP has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patrick Dennis Niland has the most, with 1 of Reactive Surfaces Ltd. LLP's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
