Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Surfatas Corporation LLC currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE, is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently assigned. The other pending action is handled by a different distinct examiner in a separate art unit.
This distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemical and materials research is being evaluated under different technical standards. Since each distinct examiner is responsible for only a portion of the pending actions, there is no concentration of workload with any single individual. MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE, as the busiest examiner with 1 action, shares the portfolio's current prosecution load. This arrangement means that the progress of the application is independent of the other. Practitioners must manage separate examiner relationships and navigate the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units. The lack of overlap between examiners and art units suggests that the technologies involved may be distinct enough to fall under different classification codes within the Chemistry & Materials sector. This variety requires a flexible legal strategy to address the unique feedback from each examiner. The presence of 2 pending office actions shows a divided but active pipeline of innovation.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1 | 60.4% | +15.1% |
| GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1 | 38.5% | +51.4% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18366746 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING METALS FROM CONTAMINATED WASTE STREAMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 60d |
| 18666660 | COMPOSITIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE CONCENTRATON OF CYA AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN WATER AND OTHER AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18666660 | COMPOSITIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE CONCENTRATON OF CYA AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN WATER AND OTHER AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18366746 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING METALS FROM CONTAMINATED WASTE STREAMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSurfatas Corporation LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jeannie Mcdermott has the most, with 1 of Surfatas Corporation LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
