Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Synthos S A has 1 pending office action currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The limited number of active matters suggests a focused or early-stage prosecution phase for the company's current interests in this technology sector. This singular focus allows for a concentrated effort on a specific technical disclosure within the Chemistry & Materials field.
The busiest examiner, LENIHAN, JEFFREY S, is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single matter constitutes the entirety of the 1 pending office action for the portfolio. Prosecution strategy should be developed with a specific focus on the 1 distinct art unit and the individual practices of LENIHAN, JEFFREY S. The alignment of the technology area and the single examiner provides a clear path for managing the company's current patent objectives. Practitioners should monitor the specific feedback from LENIHAN, JEFFREY S to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively. The absence of other active cases means that the company's current prosecution success is entirely dependent on this single examiner's review.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.0% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656028 | USE OF GEOPOLYMERIC ADDITIVE IN COMBINATION WITH NON-BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT IN POLYMER FOAMS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656028 | USE OF GEOPOLYMERIC ADDITIVE IN COMBINATION WITH NON-BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT IN POLYMER FOAMS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18656028 | USE OF GEOPOLYMERIC ADDITIVE IN COMBINATION WITH NON-BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT IN POLYMER FOAMS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialSynthos S A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jeffrey S Lenihan has the most, with 1 of Synthos S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
