Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Solus Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This volume of 5 pending office actions suggests a moderate level of ongoing prosecution activity. For a practitioner, managing 5 pending office actions requires balancing individual application needs with the broader goals of the Chemistry & Materials portfolio to ensure consistent results across all filings. The concentration in this area defines the technical scope of the current filings.
The prosecution is handled by 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Because HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE manages 2 pending office actions, this examiner has a larger impact on the portfolio than other individual examiners. The use of 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's technical focus is somewhat concentrated but still spans multiple examination groups at the patent office.
Practitioners should monitor the 3 distinct art units to identify any overlapping prior art or conflicting examiner positions. With 4 distinct examiners involved, there is a need for consistent communication to ensure that arguments made in one of the 5 pending office actions do not negatively affect others. The workload assigned to HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE should be a priority for strategic planning given the 2 pending office actions under their review. Success across these 3 distinct art units will require a deep understanding of the assigned examiners' styles.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, KREGG T | 1 | 57.1% | +1.5% |
| BOYD, JENNIFER A | 1 | 32.5% | +45.3% |
| SIMBANA, RACHEL A | 1 | 62.0% | +45.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741291 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | BROOKS, KREGG T | 54d |
| 18269027 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAME | BOYD, JENNIFER A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18269027 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAME | BOYD, JENNIFER A | — |
| 17622598 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | SIMBANA, RACHEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 2 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741291 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18269027 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAME | BOYD, JENNIFER A | 1786 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 17622598 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | SIMBANA, RACHEL A | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSolus Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Kregg T Brooks has the most, with 1 of Solus Advanced Materials Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
