Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
15 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Syensqo Specialty Polymers Italy S P A has 14 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 12 examiners and 9 art units, showing substantial distribution across the portfolio. This structure calls for active docket coordination and a clear system for tracking claim language, cited references, and response positions.
BLAND, ALICIA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the full pending record, so counsel should not treat one examiner's handling as representative of all chemistry and materials matters. Responses should remain tailored to the assigned art unit and the particular disclosure under examination.
A portfolio-level review can identify recurring technical themes and reduce inconsistent amendments. It should not replace matter-specific analysis, especially where different art units may apply distinct search approaches or claim interpretations. Maintaining a controlled amendment framework can help preserve commercially important scope while allowing targeted responses to examiner-specific objections.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 7 (47%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAND, ALICIA | 2 | 50.8% | +12.8% |
| STANLEY, JANE L | 2 | 58.2% | +29.2% |
| SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1 | 67.9% | +19.2% |
| DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | 1 | 58.1% | +16.1% |
| USELDING, JOHN E | 1 | 53.8% | +17.9% |
| BARCENA, CARLOS | 1 | 80.6% | +12.3% |
| KAUCHER, MARK S | 1 | 72.5% | +14.0% |
| LEE, DORIS L | 1 | 58.7% | +8.8% |
| MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.2% | +13.2% |
| BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1 | 56.1% | +44.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577843 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853324 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING THE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FROM THE CURRENT COLLECTOR IN ELECTRODES FROM SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 12d |
| 17619423 | SECONDARY BATTERIES | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | 20d |
| 17996820 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND TRIFLUOROETHYLENE CONTAINING POLYMERS | STANLEY, JANE L | 30d |
| 18701408 | FLUOROELASTOMER COMPOSITION | USELDING, JOHN E | — |
| 18556224 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PARTIALLY FLUORINATED POLYMERS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18552095 | COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODES | BUCHANAN, JACOB | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853324 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING THE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FROM THE CURRENT COLLECTOR IN ELECTRODES FROM SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 12d |
| 17996820 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND TRIFLUOROETHYLENE CONTAINING POLYMERS | STANLEY, JANE L | 30d |
| 18799879 | PVDF BINDERS FOR GRAPHITE/SILICON ANODES | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18701408 | FLUOROELASTOMER COMPOSITION | USELDING, JOHN E | — |
| 18577843 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
| 18575240 | COPOLYMERS COMPRISING (PER)FLUOROPOLYETHER CHAINS | KAUCHER, MARK S | — |
| 18557565 | PVDF FINE POWDERS | BLAND, ALICIA | — |
| 18556224 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PARTIALLY FLUORINATED POLYMERS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 3 |
| 1725 | 3 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18853324 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING THE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FROM THE CURRENT COLLECTOR IN ELECTRODES FROM SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18799879 | PVDF BINDERS FOR GRAPHITE/SILICON ANODES | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18701408 | FLUOROELASTOMER COMPOSITION | USELDING, JOHN E | 1763 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18577843 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES | BARCENA, CARLOS | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18575240 | COPOLYMERS COMPRISING (PER)FLUOROPOLYETHER CHAINS | KAUCHER, MARK S | 1764 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18560352 | INSULATING ASSEMBLY PARTS FOR BATTERIES COMPRISING FLUOROPOLYMERS | LEE, DORIS L | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18557565 | PVDF FINE POWDERS | BLAND, ALICIA | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18556224 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PARTIALLY FLUORINATED POLYMERS | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18552095 | COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODES | BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18549978 | FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITION | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18546729 | POLYIMIDES HAVING LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS | SASTRI, SATYA B | 1762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18258657 | BATTERY SEPARATOR COATING | BLAND, ALICIA | 1725 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 17996820 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND TRIFLUOROETHYLENE CONTAINING POLYMERS | STANLEY, JANE L | 1767 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
| 17619423 | SECONDARY BATTERIES | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | 1729 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Dec 15, 2021 |
| 17312032 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING A HEAT TRANSFER FLUID COMPRISING FLUORINATED COMPOUNDS HAVING A LOW GWP | STANLEY, JANE L | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSyensqo Specialty Polymers Italy S P A has 15 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 13 examiners.
Alicia Bland has the most, with 2 of Syensqo Specialty Polymers Italy S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.