Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Smoltek AB has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are handled by 4 examiners across 2 art units, so the docket has broad examiner dispersion within a narrower technical-unit structure.
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use the shared art-unit structure to coordinate technical positions while preserving separate analysis for each examiner’s action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1 | 51.8% | +16.9% |
| CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J | 1 | 79.7% | +19.8% |
| VAN, LUAN V | 1 | 34.5% | +40.0% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.6% | +22.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695056 | AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A CONNECTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
| 18569299 | A SEPARATOR ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING A NANOSTRUCTURE | CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J | — |
| 18548963 | An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus | VAN, LUAN V | — |
| 18259623 | An electrolyzer comprising a catalyst supported on a nanostructure | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695056 | AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A CONNECTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
| 18569299 | A SEPARATOR ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING A NANOSTRUCTURE | CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J | — |
| 18548963 | An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus | VAN, LUAN V | — |
| 18259623 | An electrolyzer comprising a catalyst supported on a nanostructure | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18695056 | AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A CONNECTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18569299 | A SEPARATOR ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING A NANOSTRUCTURE | CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J | 1729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18548963 | An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18259623 | An electrolyzer comprising a catalyst supported on a nanostructure | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSmoltek AB has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Brendon Charles Darby has the most, with 1 of Smoltek AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
