Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Superior Special Projects (Pty) Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to examiner ANTHOPOLOS, PETER, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending case. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit and involves 1 distinct examiner. This narrow footprint indicates a highly specific technological focus for the company's current patent activities.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes depend entirely on the individual discretion of this official. This lack of examiner diversity means the prosecution strategy must be precisely tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. Practitioners should focus on addressing the technical nuances identified by the examiner to advance the application. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's research and development in this area is highly specialized. Success in this pending action will require a thorough understanding of the specific examination standards applied by ANTHOPOLOS, PETER.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1 | 57.4% | +58.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697143 | ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697143 | ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697143 | ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSuperior Special Projects (Pty) Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Peter Anthopolos has the most, with 1 of Superior Special Projects (Pty) Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
