Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Steven Watts maintains a presence in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently includes 1 pending office action. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a concentrated prosecution environment for the company's current patent applications.
The busiest examiner identified is WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH. This individual is assigned 1 pending office action. Because the company has 1 pending action, this examiner manages the entire active workload. This means that the prosecution strategy must be specifically tailored to the requirements and preferences of this single examiner.
The fact that there is 1 distinct art unit involved suggests that the technical scope of the pending matter is narrow. Practitioners should prepare for a consistent examination process, as the data shows no other examiners or art units are currently active. This creates a focused but singular point of engagement within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | 1 | 62.8% | -16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18263704 | CONE ROLLING MACHINE | WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18263704 | CONE ROLLING MACHINE | WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSteven Watts has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicholas Joseph Weiler has the most, with 1 of Steven Watts's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
