Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Synthomer Adhesive Technologies, LLC is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 5 pending office actions. The concentration of 5 out of 6 pending office actions total under DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL indicates that this examiner has a significant influence over the company's current patenting outcomes.
With only 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy is relatively consolidated despite the number of active cases. Practitioners should focus on the specific feedback from DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL, as this individual manages the vast majority of the company's pending workload in the Chemistry & Materials sector. This high volume of cases with a single examiner suggests that the applicant's success in this technology area is largely dependent on a single relationship at the USPTO. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations are being evaluated in two specialized technical frameworks. Managing the heavy workload with the busiest examiner will be the primary challenge for the company's legal team. A consistent and well-reasoned approach to DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL's concerns will be essential for securing the majority of the company's pending patent rights.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 5 | 61.5% | +25.8% |
| FANG, SHANE | 1 | 76.6% | +18.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256250 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 53d |
| 18256300 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 54d |
| 17841025 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 54d |
| 18256239 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE VISCOSITY OF RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18045020 | CURABLE ADHESIVE BASED ON SILANE FUNCTIONALIZED RESIN | FANG, SHANE | 27d |
| 18256250 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 53d |
| 18256300 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 54d |
| 17841025 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 54d |
| 18256239 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE VISCOSITY OF RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
| 18256280 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 5 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18256239 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE VISCOSITY OF RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18256250 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18256300 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18256280 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18045020 | CURABLE ADHESIVE BASED ON SILANE FUNCTIONALIZED RESIN | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17841025 | RECYCLED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RANDOM ALPHA-OLEFINIC COPOLYMERS AND ADDITIONAL POLYMERS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
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