Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Steven Paperno has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct art unit, indicating that the prosecution is focused on a specific technical discipline within the chemical sciences. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means that the applicant is currently dealing with a single individual at the patent office for all pending matters. This centralization simplifies the management of the portfolio and allows for a dedicated focus on the specific issues raised during examination.
CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing the pending office action. This represents the total pending workload for Steven Paperno, making CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C the sole point of contact for the current application. The outcome of this prosecution will depend on navigating the specific requirements and examination standards of this examiner and the 1 distinct art unit involved. Practitioners should prioritize a clear and direct dialogue with this official to resolve any outstanding rejections.
Since there is only 1 pending office action, the practitioner can dedicate full attention to the specific legal and technical challenges of this case. There are no other active matters to create conflicting priorities or require different technical arguments. The focus remains entirely on the Chemistry & Materials sector as interpreted by the distinct examiner assigned to the file. Successfully addressing the concerns of CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C will be the primary goal for this portfolio, ensuring that the applicant's chemical innovations receive the necessary patent protection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.7% | +18.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18244865 | ADAPTIVE AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18244865 | ADAPTIVE AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18244865 | ADAPTIVE AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSteven Paperno has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Timothy C Cleveland has the most, with 1 of Steven Paperno's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
