Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
US SYNTHETIC Corporation has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating that each current matter follows a separate examiner and art-unit path in the supplied data.
WAITS, ALAN B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has more than one listed action, so the docket does not show a dominant examination relationship. Counsel should coordinate portfolio-level technical positions where appropriate, but manage claim amendments, prior-art responses, and interview preparation separately for each art unit and examiner.
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) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 1 | 80.8% | +11.8% |
| WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1 | 48.1% | +47.0% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
| PARVINI, PEGAH | 1 | 70.2% | +12.2% |
| EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1 | 58.4% | +8.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | — |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
| 18202762 | SUPERHARD COMPACTS, ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | — |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011295 | FORCE COUPLING ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18979206 | EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS INCLUDING EXTRUDER DRIVER GEARS | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18846830 | SUPERHARD CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING TOOLS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18741013 | METHOD FOR LASER CUTTING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES | PARVINI, PEGAH | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18202762 | SUPERHARD COMPACTS, ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME | EWALD, MARIA VERONICA | 1783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUS SYNTHETIC Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Gregory John Binda has the most, with 1 of US SYNTHETIC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
