Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sino-Energy Huayuan Floating Wind Institute has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. HEVEY, JOHN A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This indicates that while the 4 pending office actions are spread among 3 distinct examiners, HEVEY, JOHN A handles a larger share of the current workload than any other individual.
The concentration of the actions within 2 distinct art units suggests a technical focus within the Chemistry & Materials sector. However, the use of 3 distinct examiners means the company must navigate multiple perspectives during prosecution. HEVEY, JOHN A's role as the busiest examiner with 2 busiest examiner pending actions makes him a key figure for the company's success at the patent office. Practitioners should note that while this individual manages 2 actions, the remaining matters are split between other distinct examiners, requiring a balanced approach to managing different examiner behaviors across the 2 distinct 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 | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 2 | 61.8% | +19.7% |
| STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18434830 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL WITH EXCELLENT NEUTRAL AQUEOUS MEDIUM CORROSION RESISTANCE AS WELL AS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18436044 | COMPOSITE ADDITIVE FOR FORMING INCLUSIONS WITH CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE, PREPARATION METHOD AND SMELTING METHOD | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619231 | La-ELEMENT MICRO-ALLOYED AlCrFeNiTi SERIES BULK ALLOY WITH HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE AND WEAR RESISTANCE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| 18619233 | Nb-ELEMENT MICRO-ALLOYED BULK MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOY WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE AND WEAR RESISTANCE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18619231 | La-ELEMENT MICRO-ALLOYED AlCrFeNiTi SERIES BULK ALLOY WITH HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE AND WEAR RESISTANCE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18619233 | Nb-ELEMENT MICRO-ALLOYED BULK MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOY WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE AND WEAR RESISTANCE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18436044 | COMPOSITE ADDITIVE FOR FORMING INCLUSIONS WITH CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE, PREPARATION METHOD AND SMELTING METHOD | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18434830 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL WITH EXCELLENT NEUTRAL AQUEOUS MEDIUM CORROSION RESISTANCE AS WELL AS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSino-Energy Huayuan Floating Wind Institute has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
John A Hevey has the most, with 2 of Sino-Energy Huayuan Floating Wind Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
