Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
SI Group Inc. is currently overseeing 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution for this portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct examiners. These matters are situated within 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical innovations are being reviewed by several specialized groups. This variety of examiners and art units requires a coordinated strategy to maintain consistency across the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As an examiner involved, MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T serves as a point of contact for the applicant. For a patent practitioner, this environment requires managing relationships with the assigned personnel. The practitioner must tailor their responses to the expectations of the experts within the Chemistry & Materials field. This structure involves administrative tracking of the 1 pending matter assigned to the busiest examiner while the total volume is 4 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1 | 54.0% | +30.2% |
| YOON, TAE H | 1 | 66.7% | +24.5% |
| ZIMMER, MARC S | 1 | 79.4% | +16.1% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.9% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18398307 | Cured Epoxy Resin and Method of Curing an Epoxy Resin Using an Amine Compound | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18398342 | Polyurea and Method of Making Using an Amine Compound | ZIMMER, MARC S | — |
| 17910032 | Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition, Polymer Composition Comprising Said Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition | CAI, WENWEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013146 | METHODS OF USING A PHENOLIC FATTY ACID COMPOUND ON A SYNTHETIC FABRIC MATERIAL | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
| 18398307 | Cured Epoxy Resin and Method of Curing an Epoxy Resin Using an Amine Compound | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18398342 | Polyurea and Method of Making Using an Amine Compound | ZIMMER, MARC S | — |
| 17910032 | Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition, Polymer Composition Comprising Said Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013146 | METHODS OF USING A PHENOLIC FATTY ACID COMPOUND ON A SYNTHETIC FABRIC MATERIAL | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18398307 | Cured Epoxy Resin and Method of Curing an Epoxy Resin Using an Amine Compound | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18398342 | Polyurea and Method of Making Using an Amine Compound | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 17910032 | Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition, Polymer Composition Comprising Said Hydrolytically Stable Phosphite Composition | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSI Group Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Lashawnda T Mckinnon has the most, with 1 of SI Group Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
