Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Solenis Technologies L.P. is managing 13 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 8 distinct examiners, which indicates that several examiners are reviewing multiple applications for the company. The prosecution is spread across 6 distinct art units, showing a level of technical diversity within the chemistry field. This distribution requires the company to manage eight different examiner relationships across six separate technical groups at the USPTO.
MINSKEY, JACOB T is the busiest examiner for the company, with 3 pending office actions. This concentration is notable within the context of 13 pending office actions and 8 distinct examiners. With 6 distinct art units involved, the company must navigate a variety of technical review standards while maintaining consistent communication with a small group of examiners. The presence of 8 distinct examiners for 13 pending office actions suggests a level of examiner consistency, as some examiners are responsible for more than one of the company's chemical applications across the 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (23%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (69%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 3 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 3 | 64.0% | +38.4% |
| NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 2 | 64.9% | +28.4% |
| WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1 | 55.2% | +16.8% |
| GATES, BRADFORD M | 1 | 74.8% | +23.8% |
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1 | 75.0% | +29.7% |
| LEONG, NATHAN T | 1 | 71.4% | +24.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332850 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH METAL SCAVENGER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 32d overdue |
| 19064907 | INSTANT HYDRATING POLYACRYLAMIDE GRANULES | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19045603 | BARRIER COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE | GATES, BRADFORD M | — |
| 19016084 | METHOD FOR REPULPING WET STRENGTH FIBER | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18954637 | METHOD OF PRODUCING VINYLAMINE-CONTAINING POLYMERS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18938299 | STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | — |
| 18825009 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED BIOBASED POLYMERIC COATING COMPOSITIONS ON PAPER AND PAPERBOARD SUBSTRATES | LEONG, NATHAN T | — |
| 18332838 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332850 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH METAL SCAVENGER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 32d overdue |
| 18645496 | FOAM FORMULATIONS FOR APPLICATION OF DRY STRENGTH AGENTS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 20d |
| 19064907 | INSTANT HYDRATING POLYACRYLAMIDE GRANULES | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19045603 | BARRIER COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE | GATES, BRADFORD M | — |
| 19016084 | METHOD FOR REPULPING WET STRENGTH FIBER | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18954637 | METHOD OF PRODUCING VINYLAMINE-CONTAINING POLYMERS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18938299 | STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | — |
| 18825009 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED BIOBASED POLYMERIC COATING COMPOSITIONS ON PAPER AND PAPERBOARD SUBSTRATES | LEONG, NATHAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 3 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1748 | 2 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19064907 | INSTANT HYDRATING POLYACRYLAMIDE GRANULES | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19045603 | BARRIER COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE | GATES, BRADFORD M | 1713 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19016084 | METHOD FOR REPULPING WET STRENGTH FIBER | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18954637 | METHOD OF PRODUCING VINYLAMINE-CONTAINING POLYMERS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18938299 | STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18825009 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED BIOBASED POLYMERIC COATING COMPOSITIONS ON PAPER AND PAPERBOARD SUBSTRATES | LEONG, NATHAN T | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18769557 | CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18645496 | FOAM FORMULATIONS FOR APPLICATION OF DRY STRENGTH AGENTS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18418535 | ADDITIVES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PAPERMAKING | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18332838 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18332850 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH METAL SCAVENGER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18069295 | CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18332840 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH TAILORED MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYMERIC DISPERSANT | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
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