Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Suncolor Corporation maintains a patent portfolio focused on the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Currently, the company has 1 pending office action across its entire set of filings. This singular action suggests a very limited or highly specific current engagement with the patent office, which may reflect a targeted phase of its intellectual property development.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner operating within a single distinct art unit. Such a concentrated structure means that the company's intellectual property strategy is currently passing through a single channel, allowing for a focused dialogue with the examiner. NELSON, MICHAEL B serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, acting as the primary reviewer for the company's technical claims.
NELSON, MICHAEL B is currently managing 1 pending office action for the company. Because this matches the total pending actions, the prosecution environment is entirely dependent on this one examiner's review. This level of focus provides a clear point of contact for any ongoing legal or technical discussions regarding the portfolio, ensuring that the company's strategy in Chemistry & Materials is handled with consistency.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17634967 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS WITH ADVANCED INTEGRATED PROPERTIES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17634967 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS WITH ADVANCED INTEGRATED PROPERTIES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17634967 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS WITH ADVANCED INTEGRATED PROPERTIES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSuncolor Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael B Nelson has the most, with 1 of Suncolor Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
