Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Surface Technology Inc. has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is before 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, giving the portfolio one current examination setting.
LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The identified assignment allows counsel to direct its review to one prosecution record. The immediate practical task is to assess the office action, confirm support for the pending chemistry and materials claims, and prepare amendments or arguments that preserve the intended technical scope.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | 1 | 58.3% | +10.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590256 | Plating Solutions for Composite PTFE Plating | LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590256 | Plating Solutions for Composite PTFE Plating | LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18590256 | Plating Solutions for Composite PTFE Plating | LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK | 1732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSurface Technology Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Caroline Dusheck Liott has the most, with 1 of Surface Technology Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
