Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Scientific Design Company, Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that at least some prosecution activity shares an examination setting.
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. The concentration supports reviewing those matters together for consistent treatment of chemical claim scope and supporting disclosure, while the remaining action may call for a separate examiner-specific approach.
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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 2 | 77.8% | +49.3% |
| NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1 | 63.5% | +36.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654774 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SELECTIVITY AND/OR ACTIVITY OF A CATALYST IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 18654763 | ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR DIGITAL TWIN | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| 18654784 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DELAY OF A PROCESS DATA CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO A PARAMETER CHANGE IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654774 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SELECTIVITY AND/OR ACTIVITY OF A CATALYST IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 18654763 | ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR DIGITAL TWIN | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| 18654784 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DELAY OF A PROCESS DATA CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO A PARAMETER CHANGE IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 2 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18654774 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SELECTIVITY AND/OR ACTIVITY OF A CATALYST IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18654763 | ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR DIGITAL TWIN | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18654784 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DELAY OF A PROCESS DATA CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO A PARAMETER CHANGE IN AN ETHYLENE OXIDE REACTOR | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialScientific Design Company, Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
John Schuyler Mcguirk has the most, with 2 of Scientific Design Company, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
