Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Byk-Chemie GmbH is currently managing 5 pending office actions, all of which fall under the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, which means that no two pending cases are being reviewed by the same person. This distribution requires a diversified prosecution strategy, as the applicant must address the unique perspectives and requirements of 5 different individuals. The lack of examiner concentration suggests that the company is not currently benefiting from any single examiner's familiarity with their broader patent portfolio.
The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating the technical footprint within the chemistry sector. This variety of art units may introduce different procedural norms into the prosecution process. BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since this busiest examiner only manages 1 of the 5 pending actions, the workload is spread across the examination corps.
For patent practitioners, the presence of 5 distinct examiners for the 5 pending office actions highlights the importance of consistency in technical definitions. Because the 4 distinct art units may have different jurisdictions, maintaining a coherent narrative across all filings is essential. The fact that BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB holds 1 pending action reinforces the need to prepare for separate sets of negotiations and potential interviews for each of the active matters.
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.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1 | 43.9% | +45.8% |
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 35.0% | +10.2% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +22.0% |
| EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1 | 69.7% | +14.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17780196 | RELEASE AGENT FOR IMPROVED REMOVAL OF VALUABLE MATERIAL FROM THE SURFACE OF AN ENGINEERED COLLECTION MEDIA | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 142d overdue |
| 17632853 | ADDITIVE FOR TEMPERATURE ADAPTIVE RHEOLOGY PROFILE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17780196 | RELEASE AGENT FOR IMPROVED REMOVAL OF VALUABLE MATERIAL FROM THE SURFACE OF AN ENGINEERED COLLECTION MEDIA | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 142d overdue |
| 18558256 | HEAT STABILIZED COMPOSITION | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | — |
| 17632853 | ADDITIVE FOR TEMPERATURE ADAPTIVE RHEOLOGY PROFILE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 17625948 | SYNERGISTIC COMPOSITION | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 2 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18558256 | HEAT STABILIZED COMPOSITION | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 17780196 | RELEASE AGENT FOR IMPROVED REMOVAL OF VALUABLE MATERIAL FROM THE SURFACE OF AN ENGINEERED COLLECTION MEDIA | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1777 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 142d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17632853 | ADDITIVE FOR TEMPERATURE ADAPTIVE RHEOLOGY PROFILE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17625948 | SYNERGISTIC COMPOSITION | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialByk-Chemie GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Joshua Caleb Bledsoe has the most, with 1 of Byk-Chemie GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
