Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suez International has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions are distributed across 6 examiners and 6 art units, so every pending matter has a distinct examiner and technical examination setting.
NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The absence of examiner concentration favors matter-by-matter response planning, while the six art units make technical classification important for maintaining consistent positions across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | 1 | 73.4% | +18.3% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1 | 38.5% | +51.4% |
| KEYWORTH, PETER | 1 | 58.5% | +23.8% |
| AKRAM, IMRAN | 1 | 64.6% | +43.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17639571 | COMBINATION OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITH HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION TO MAXIMIZE VALUE ADDED PRODUCT RECOVERY | AKRAM, IMRAN | 16d |
| 18029628 | METHOD FOR TREATING A WASTEWATER EFFLUENT BY DENSIFYING SLUDGE IN A SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 20d |
| 18575145 | METHOD FOR THE IN SITU REGENERATION OF AN ADSORBENT MEDIUM | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17772751 | HIGH-RATE SETTLING CLARIFIER WITH INCREASED TURN DOWN CAPABILITIES | KEYWORTH, PETER | 5d overdue |
| 17639571 | COMBINATION OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITH HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION TO MAXIMIZE VALUE ADDED PRODUCT RECOVERY | AKRAM, IMRAN | 16d |
| 18029628 | METHOD FOR TREATING A WASTEWATER EFFLUENT BY DENSIFYING SLUDGE IN A SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 20d |
| 18997914 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC WASTE | NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | — |
| 18575145 | METHOD FOR THE IN SITU REGENERATION OF AN ADSORBENT MEDIUM | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1778 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997914 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC WASTE | NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18575145 | METHOD FOR THE IN SITU REGENERATION OF AN ADSORBENT MEDIUM | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1778 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18029628 | METHOD FOR TREATING A WASTEWATER EFFLUENT BY DENSIFYING SLUDGE IN A SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 17772751 | HIGH-RATE SETTLING CLARIFIER WITH INCREASED TURN DOWN CAPABILITIES | KEYWORTH, PETER | 1776 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
| 17639571 | COMBINATION OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITH HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION TO MAXIMIZE VALUE ADDED PRODUCT RECOVERY | AKRAM, IMRAN | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialSuez International has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Suzanne Marie Noakes has the most, with 1 of Suez International's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
