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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arburg GmbH + Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the recorded actions follow separate examination paths.
CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should assess each chemical or materials claim set in its own examination context while maintaining consistent positions on shared technical concepts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 54.5% | +34.6% |
| STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 1 | 61.5% | -7.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706972 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706972 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18706972 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18688063 | METHOD, MACHINE CONTROL AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A PATH FOR AUTONAVIGATION | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArburg GmbH + Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nicholas J Chidiac has the most, with 1 of Arburg GmbH + Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
