Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reliance Industries Limited currently has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's chemical innovations are quite diverse and fall into several different specialized categories. The involvement of 4 distinct art units for the 4 pending office actions indicates a lack of administrative overlap, with each case being reviewed by a different specialized group. This requires a versatile approach to address the specific nuances of each unit.
The 4 pending office actions are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners. This creates a situation where each of the pending office actions is assigned to a unique individual. CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate four different examiner styles and perspectives. The distribution of the workload ensures that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the entire pending portfolio.
For practitioners, the 4 pending office actions across the distinct art units and examiners require a highly individualized approach for each application. CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J and the other examiners each hold 1 pending office action, meaning there is no central examiner to coordinate with. The Chemistry & Materials focus is the primary link between these actions, as the art units and examiners are entirely distinct for each case. Success in this environment depends on the ability to navigate different examiner styles while maintaining technical consistency across the 4 distinct art units.
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 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 54.4% | +34.6% |
| STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | 1 | 85.7% | +33.3% |
| MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 1 | 20.0% | +17.9% |
| SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | 1 | 58.1% | +40.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18573085 | RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE | STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | — |
| 18451996 | System, and a method for Algal Cultivation | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18183087 | MUTANT ALGAE, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | 11d overdue |
| 18864811 | A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NET ARTICLES | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | — |
| 18573085 | RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE | STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | — |
| 18451996 | System, and a method for Algal Cultivation | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864811 | A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NET ARTICLES | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18573085 | RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE | STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE | 1645 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18451996 | System, and a method for Algal Cultivation | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18183087 | MUTANT ALGAE, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN | 1635 | §112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
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