Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, EDNA 2 58.6% -19.2%
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 73.0% +17.8%
RIPA, BRYAN D 1 53.3% +37.5%
KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1 60.0% +14.4%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18570742 METHOD FOR OXIDIZING MANGANESE SPECIES IN A TREATMENT DEVICE RIPA, BRYAN D
18568352 METHOD FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING A DARK CHROMIUM LAYER, SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SAME, AND ELECTROPLATING BATH THEREOF WONG, EDNA
18264288 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A CHROMIUM-COMPRISING PASSIVATION LAYER ON A ZINC-COMPRISING COATING KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18862399 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A ZINC-NICKEL ALLOY ON A SUBSTRATE, AN AQUEOUS ZINC-NICKEL DEPOSITION BATH, A BRIGHTENING AGENT AND USE THEREOF HASKE, WOJCIECH 10d overdue
18570742 METHOD FOR OXIDIZING MANGANESE SPECIES IN A TREATMENT DEVICE RIPA, BRYAN D
18264288 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A CHROMIUM-COMPRISING PASSIVATION LAYER ON A ZINC-COMPRISING COATING KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 1
1795 1
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862399 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A ZINC-NICKEL ALLOY ON A SUBSTRATE, AN AQUEOUS ZINC-NICKEL DEPOSITION BATH, A BRIGHTENING AGENT AND USE THEREOF HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2024
18570742 METHOD FOR OXIDIZING MANGANESE SPECIES IN A TREATMENT DEVICE RIPA, BRYAN D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18568352 METHOD FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING A DARK CHROMIUM LAYER, SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SAME, AND ELECTROPLATING BATH THEREOF WONG, EDNA 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18568394 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS L* OF AN ELECTROPLATED CHROMIUM LAYER WONG, EDNA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18264288 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A CHROMIUM-COMPRISING PASSIVATION LAYER ON A ZINC-COMPRISING COATING KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2023

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