Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seurat Technologies Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution with some concentration at both examiner and art unit levels. The action volume exceeds the examiner count, so at least one examiner handles more than one matter.
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can review those matters for recurring treatment of materials-related claim issues. A broader coordination process remains useful for maintaining consistent technical disclosures and prior-art positions across the six art units.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 2 | 34.6% | +39.6% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.1% | +44.3% |
| BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1 | 81.7% | +17.2% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.3% | +15.2% |
| CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 1 | 88.1% | +9.3% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| CHOU, JIMMY | 1 | 71.2% | +14.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048059 | Dynamic Optical Assembly For Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18888821 | Electron Beam Patterning System in Additive Manufacturing | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18946603 | Chamber Systems For Additive Manufacturing | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| 18819349 | Light Valve System with Gap Maintenance System | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | — |
| 18534246 | Powder Bed Measurement For Additive Manufacturing | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | — |
| 18515558 | Oligomer Stabilized Liquid Crystal Light Valve | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| 18495223 | Laser Beam Shaping and Patterning for Manufacturing | CHOU, JIMMY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098659 | Thermal Compensation for Laser Energy Delivery for Additive Manufacturing | YE, XINWEN | — |
| 19048059 | Dynamic Optical Assembly For Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18946603 | Chamber Systems For Additive Manufacturing | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| 18819349 | Light Valve System with Gap Maintenance System | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | — |
| 18534246 | Powder Bed Measurement For Additive Manufacturing | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | — |
| 18515558 | Oligomer Stabilized Liquid Crystal Light Valve | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| 18495223 | Laser Beam Shaping and Patterning for Manufacturing | CHOU, JIMMY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 4 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098659 | Thermal Compensation for Laser Energy Delivery for Additive Manufacturing | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19048059 | Dynamic Optical Assembly For Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18946603 | Chamber Systems For Additive Manufacturing | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18888821 | Electron Beam Patterning System in Additive Manufacturing | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 2872 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18819349 | Light Valve System with Gap Maintenance System | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18534246 | Powder Bed Measurement For Additive Manufacturing | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18515558 | Oligomer Stabilized Liquid Crystal Light Valve | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18495223 | Laser Beam Shaping and Patterning for Manufacturing | CHOU, JIMMY | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSeurat Technologies Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Jennifer Lila Groux has the most, with 2 of Seurat Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
