Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Silver Bear Inc. operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with a targeted patenting strategy. The portfolio currently includes 1 pending office action located in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a narrow scope for the entity's current prosecution activity.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, TURNER, FELICIA C, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the entire pending docket is managed by one person, the prosecution path is very streamlined. This structure places high importance on the specific feedback and standards of this single examiner.
Practitioners should recognize that the outcome of the single pending action is the primary measure of the portfolio's current health. The lack of examiner diversity means that the entity must successfully navigate the specific requirements of one individual. A focused and well-supported response is necessary to address the examiner's concerns effectively.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 1 | 26.2% | +30.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16966388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENZYMATIC OXYGEN REMOVAL | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16966388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENZYMATIC OXYGEN REMOVAL | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16966388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENZYMATIC OXYGEN REMOVAL | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialSilver Bear Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Felicia C Turner has the most, with 1 of Silver Bear Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
