Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Spartan Light Metal Products Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The limited volume of 1 pending office action suggests a very focused or low-frequency prosecution cycle. This single pending action represents the total active workload for the company at this time.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MORILLO, JANELL COMBS, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This individual is the sole distinct examiner currently assigned to the company's pending matters. Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the technical review is confined to a single specialized group. This concentration means that the company's current chemical or materials innovations are being evaluated by a single examiner in a single unit, which may lead to consistent feedback across the portfolio.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1 | 58.2% | +26.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411424 | CAST HYPEREUTECTIC ALUMINUM ALLOY DISC BRAKE ROTOR | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411424 | CAST HYPEREUTECTIC ALUMINUM ALLOY DISC BRAKE ROTOR | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18411424 | CAST HYPEREUTECTIC ALUMINUM ALLOY DISC BRAKE ROTOR | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSpartan Light Metal Products Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Janell Combs Morillo has the most, with 1 of Spartan Light Metal Products Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
