Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dal-Tile LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These cases are handled by 2 distinct examiners, showing some concentration within the personnel reviewing the company's applications. For a practitioner, this means that the company can potentially leverage a more consistent prosecution strategy, as one examiner is handling multiple cases. The 3 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's filings are focused within a few specialized technical groups at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner is BERNARD, ADRIEN J, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This indicates that 2 of the 3 pending office actions are concentrated under a single individual. This concentration within 2 distinct art units allows for a more targeted approach to prosecution, as the practitioner can focus on the specific standards and tendencies of a smaller group of examiners. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the historical rulings of BERNARD, ADRIEN J, as this examiner's decisions will have a significant impact on the overall success of the company's current patent portfolio.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 2 | 81.7% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19136159 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18880222 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AND ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19136159 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18880222 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AND ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19136159 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18880222 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ENGINEERED STONE AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT AND A DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING AND ENGINEERED STONE | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDal-Tile LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Adrien J Bernard has the most, with 2 of Dal-Tile LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
