Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 pending matter. The portfolio is concentrated in 2 distinct art units, which is fewer than the number of examiners involved. This structure indicates that at least 1 technical group is overseeing multiple applications handled by different examiners.
The busiest examiner, HUANG, CHENG YUAN, is currently managing 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the company is dealing with a small but diverse group of examiners. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the chemistry and materials applications are being reviewed by at least 2 different specialized technical groups. Practitioners should be aware that while the examiner count matches the action count, the overlap in art units may lead to some consistency in the prior art cited against the 3 pending office actions.
Because the 3 distinct examiners are operating within only 2 distinct art units, there is a possibility for shared internal resources or discussions between the examiners. However, the applicant must still address the individual nuances of 3 different officials. The focus on Chemistry & Materials ensures that the prosecution remains within a relatively narrow technical field despite the involvement of multiple examiners. This balance of 3 examiners across 2 units requires a coordinated response strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1 | 39.2% | +23.0% |
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.2% | +33.1% |
| RASHID, FAZLE A | 1 | 55.5% | +48.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852054 | COMPOSITE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 83d |
| 18861569 | EMULSION BLEND FOR COATING CARBONATES | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18007826 | SURFACE MINERALIZED ORGANIC FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | RASHID, FAZLE 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852054 | COMPOSITE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 83d |
| 18861569 | EMULSION BLEND FOR COATING CARBONATES | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18007826 | SURFACE MINERALIZED ORGANIC FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | RASHID, FAZLE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861569 | EMULSION BLEND FOR COATING CARBONATES | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18852054 | COMPOSITE FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18007826 | SURFACE MINERALIZED ORGANIC FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | RASHID, FAZLE A | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSpecialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Cheng Yuan Huang has the most, with 1 of Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
