Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Western Maple Bio Resources Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Western Maple Bio Resources Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus for the portfolio at this stage. The lack of distribution across different examiners suggests that the company's current interactions with the USPTO are confined to a specific technical niche within the materials sector. This narrow focus may simplify the management of the portfolio but increases the impact of the examiner's perspective on the company's intellectual property goals.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SALAMON, PETER A. This individual also represents the total count of distinct art units involved in the company's active prosecution. Practitioners should note that the entire pending workload is centralized under this individual, making the examiner's specific tendencies critical for the portfolio's immediate outcomes. This concentration requires a targeted strategy to address the examiner's requirements effectively, as there are no additional active matters to balance the prosecution risk across the USPTO.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (100%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SALAMON, PETER A 1 86.3% +5.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18645536 Process for producing bio-based-cyclic anhydride monoester wood adhesives from bio-based powdered raw materials SALAMON, PETER A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18645536 Process for producing bio-based-cyclic anhydride monoester wood adhesives from bio-based powdered raw materials SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Western Maple Bio Resources Inc. have?

Western Maple Bio Resources Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Western Maple Bio Resources Inc. applications?

Peter A Salamon has the most, with 1 of Western Maple Bio Resources Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Western Maple Bio Resources Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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