Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trinseo Europe GmbH currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are being handled by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that no single official is responsible for more than one case. This arrangement requires the applicant to adapt to the specific preferences and legal interpretations of different individuals. The absence of examiner concentration suggests that the prosecution of these matters will proceed along independent tracks.
The company's active cases are distributed across 3 distinct art units, highlighting the technical variety within their chemical filings. This spread means that the applications may be subject to different internal guidelines and examination speeds. BHUSHAN, KUMAR R is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since this busiest examiner is responsible for a single case, the workload is not concentrated in any one office.
For those managing the portfolio, the use of multiple examiners across various art units necessitates a careful review of all correspondence to ensure technical consistency. The fact that BHUSHAN, KUMAR R holds 1 pending action means that the other files are being reviewed by separate officials. This distribution provides a diversified exposure to the patent office's examination corps for the active cases currently in progress.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1 | 73.5% | +32.6% |
| RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 72.7% | +11.8% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18383277 | HIGH HEAT ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS CONTAINING A FUNCTIONAL COMONOMER AS BINDERS FOR BATTERIES | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | — |
| 17417528 | EXTREMELY LOW ODOR STYRENIC POLYMER COMPOSITION | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18383277 | HIGH HEAT ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS CONTAINING A FUNCTIONAL COMONOMER AS BINDERS FOR BATTERIES | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | — |
| 17417528 | EXTREMELY LOW ODOR STYRENIC POLYMER COMPOSITION | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| 14781671 | MULTILAYER POLYMER STRUCTURES | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18383277 | HIGH HEAT ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS CONTAINING A FUNCTIONAL COMONOMER AS BINDERS FOR BATTERIES | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1728 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 17417528 | EXTREMELY LOW ODOR STYRENIC POLYMER COMPOSITION | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2021 |
| 14781671 | MULTILAYER POLYMER STRUCTURES | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2015 |
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Start Free TrialTrinseo Europe GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Kumar R Bhushan has the most, with 1 of Trinseo Europe GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
