Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tower Ipco Company Limited has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths.
LEONARD, MICHAEL L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The listed data does not show examiner or art-unit concentration. Counsel should prepare individual responses while maintaining consistent treatment of related chemistry and materials issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1 | 63.7% | +8.3% |
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.0% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19231144 | SUSTAINABLE RESILIENT PLANK | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18626814 | Multi-Purpose Tile System, Tile Covering, and Tile | HERRING, BRENT W | 9d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19231144 | SUSTAINABLE RESILIENT PLANK | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1763 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 18626814 | Multi-Purpose Tile System, Tile Covering, and Tile | HERRING, BRENT W | 3633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTower Ipco Company Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael L Leonard has the most, with 1 of Tower Ipco Company Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
