Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Swm Holdco Luxembourg is managing 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates a high level of concentration, with a small number of individuals and units handling the company's active portfolio.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS, who is currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This means that a majority of the company's active workload is centralized under a single individual. For a practitioner, this provides a significant opportunity to develop a consistent negotiation strategy and build a strong rapport with this primary examiner.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions suggests that the technical focus is narrow. However, because JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS handles 3 pending office actions, his influence is dominant across the portfolio. Practitioners should prioritize the requirements of the busiest examiner, as his decisions will impact the vast majority of the active matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | 3 | — | — |
| DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA | 1 | 63.1% | +40.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18390870 | Filter Comprising A Paper Substrate Modified With A Natural Polysaccharide | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | — |
| 18540122 | Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | — |
| 18540231 | Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable and Method For Manufacturing the Same | DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18540231 | Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable and Method For Manufacturing the Same | DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 3 |
| 1755 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18390979 | Filter Comprising a Paper Substrate Modified With Natural Starch | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18390870 | Filter Comprising A Paper Substrate Modified With A Natural Polysaccharide | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18540122 | Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable | JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS | 1749 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18540231 | Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable and Method For Manufacturing the Same | DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA | 1755 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSwm Holdco Luxembourg has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Brendon Thomas Juengst has the most, with 3 of Swm Holdco Luxembourg's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
