Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
University Of Dayton Research Institute currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This case is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which defines the technical environment for the company's current prosecution. This focused placement suggests that the company's active patent interests are concentrated within a specific chemical or materials science niche.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BAREFORD, KATHERINE A, who is handling the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's current patent efforts are concentrated in a single examination channel. This allows the applicant to focus its legal arguments on the specific feedback provided by BAREFORD, KATHERINE A without managing requirements from other officials.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the immediate success of the company's intellectual property strategy depends on the resolution of this 1 matter. The 1 distinct art unit involved ensures that the prosecution remains within a consistent administrative framework. This streamlined approach is typical for a portfolio with a single active case in the chemistry and materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.9% | +28.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18539459 | SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18539459 | SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18539459 | SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity Of Dayton Research Institute has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katherine A Bareford has the most, with 1 of University Of Dayton Research Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
