Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, requiring separate management of each prosecution assignment.
DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The recorded distribution supports a common portfolio review for claim consistency, followed by responses tailored to the objections in each matter.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1 | 72.3% | +19.6% |
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.9% | +28.6% |
| CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 1 | 74.1% | +26.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866177 | METHOD FOR NANO ETCHING OF COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY SURFACES | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | — |
| 18716744 | USE OF AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE COMPOSITION FOR THE ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF A METAL OR METAL ALLOY ON A METAL SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18550145 | MODIFIED COPPER SURFACE, HETEROAROMATIC SILANE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USAGE FOR INCREASING ADHESION STRENGTH BETWEEN COPPER AND AN ORGANIC MATERIAL AND REDUCING HALO AND WEDGE VOID FORMATION | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866177 | METHOD FOR NANO ETCHING OF COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY SURFACES | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | — |
| 18716744 | USE OF AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE COMPOSITION FOR THE ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF A METAL OR METAL ALLOY ON A METAL SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18550145 | MODIFIED COPPER SURFACE, HETEROAROMATIC SILANE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USAGE FOR INCREASING ADHESION STRENGTH BETWEEN COPPER AND AN ORGANIC MATERIAL AND REDUCING HALO AND WEDGE VOID FORMATION | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866177 | METHOD FOR NANO ETCHING OF COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY SURFACES | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18716744 | USE OF AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE COMPOSITION FOR THE ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF A METAL OR METAL ALLOY ON A METAL SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18550145 | MODIFIED COPPER SURFACE, HETEROAROMATIC SILANE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USAGE FOR INCREASING ADHESION STRENGTH BETWEEN COPPER AND AN ORGANIC MATERIAL AND REDUCING HALO AND WEDGE VOID FORMATION | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 3729 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAtotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Stephanie P. Duclair has the most, with 1 of Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
