Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thera-Clean Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specialized research focus within the company's patent portfolio. Having a single administrative group review the active case allows for a focused prosecution strategy. Practitioners can focus on the specific guidelines and prior art preferences of this 1 particular unit to streamline the acquisition of patent rights. This 1 unit environment simplifies the administrative requirements for the company.
1 distinct examiner is reviewing the case. HOWELL, MARC C is the busiest with 1 pending office action. This means that the workload is concentrated under a single individual. The company must navigate the specific style and interpretation of HOWELL, MARC C within the 1 unit. The prosecution strategy should involve addressing the feedback from this official to identify challenges in the Chemistry & Materials sector. Success requires a direct approach to satisfy the requirements of the assigned examiner and the 1 unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL, MARC C | 1 | 68.7% | +24.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437585 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FLUID MIXTURE | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437585 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FLUID MIXTURE | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18437585 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FLUID MIXTURE | HOWELL, MARC C | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThera-Clean Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marc C Howell has the most, with 1 of Thera-Clean Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
