Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Snf Group is managing a set of 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is distributed, involving 6 distinct examiners. This ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current progress. Furthermore, these matters are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating a technical range within the chemistry sector. This diversity requires the company to manage multiple independent legal strategies simultaneously.
LEE, DORIS L is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that there are 6 pending office actions in total, the workload is partitioned among the 6 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration across 5 distinct art units requires a versatile prosecution approach, as the company must address the specific requirements of multiple USPTO departments. The strategy for Snf Group appears to involve an array of chemical innovations rather than a single concentrated technology cluster.
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 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, DORIS L | 1 | 58.7% | +8.8% |
| TESKIN, FRED M | 1 | 89.6% | +7.9% |
| TUCKER, PHILIP C | 1 | 26.4% | +15.7% |
| CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1 | 79.8% | +24.3% |
| RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1 | 73.7% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565662 | BIO-SOURCED CATIONIC HIGH CHARGE DENSITY POLYMER | LEE, DORIS L | — |
| 18562722 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BIO-SOURCED-MONOMER FROM RENEWABLE DIMETHYLAMINOETHANOL | TESKIN, FRED M | — |
| 18562598 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED (METH)ALLYLSULFONATE ALKALI SALT | TUCKER, PHILIP C | — |
| 18562659 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED DIALLYLDIALKYLAMMONIUM HALIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562598 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED (METH)ALLYLSULFONATE ALKALI SALT | TUCKER, PHILIP C | — |
| 18562659 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED DIALLYLDIALKYLAMMONIUM HALIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | — |
| 18562742 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED SUSBTITUTED ALKYL(METH)ACRYLAMIDE | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18565662 | BIO-SOURCED CATIONIC HIGH CHARGE DENSITY POLYMER | LEE, DORIS L | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18562722 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BIO-SOURCED-MONOMER FROM RENEWABLE DIMETHYLAMINOETHANOL | TESKIN, FRED M | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18562598 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED (METH)ALLYLSULFONATE ALKALI SALT | TUCKER, PHILIP C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18562659 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED DIALLYLDIALKYLAMMONIUM HALIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | 1692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18562742 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-SOURCED SUSBTITUTED ALKYL(METH)ACRYLAMIDE | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1652 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSnf Group has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Doris L Lee has the most, with 1 of Snf Group's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
