Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saati S P A has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket includes 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing that most matters are separated by both examiner and technical assignment.
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters warrant review for common claim or evidence issues. The remaining examination settings require separate preparation, with consistent chemistry disclosures maintained across the 3 art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 2 | 57.5% | +22.7% |
| SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1 | 70.5% | +9.2% |
| MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1 | 46.4% | +36.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878921 | IMPROVED TEXTILE PROTECTIVE ELEMENT FOR USE IN ACOUSTIC COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND ACOUSTIC COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH THIS ELEMENT INSIDE | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18263892 | STAB PROOF MATERIAL IN ROLL FORM, METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 8d |
| 17414219 | A METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM AND THE COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 29d |
| 17753370 | A METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM AND THE COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878921 | IMPROVED TEXTILE PROTECTIVE ELEMENT FOR USE IN ACOUSTIC COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND ACOUSTIC COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH THIS ELEMENT INSIDE | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1759 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18263892 | STAB PROOF MATERIAL IN ROLL FORM, METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 17753370 | A METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM AND THE COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
| 17414219 | A METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM AND THE COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIUM OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSaati S P A has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Thomas B Mckenzie has the most, with 2 of Saati S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
