Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATCHEVES, BASIL S 2 72.2% +17.2%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.2% +17.5%
XU, JIANGTIAN 1 65.3% +34.5%
SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH 1 75.0% +28.1%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 44.4% +53.8%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19094119 WALL PANEL KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d
18343044 REINFORCED INSULATED STRUCTURAL PANELS KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18482064 System For Determining Construction Installation Accuracy SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH 14d
19094119 WALL PANEL KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d
18343044 REINFORCED INSULATED STRUCTURAL PANELS KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d
18031454 ONE-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 60d
18683557 TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T
18683166 TWO-COMPONENT STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE XU, JIANGTIAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 2
2667 1
1762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094119 WALL PANEL KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 28, 2025
18683557 TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683166 TWO-COMPONENT STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE XU, JIANGTIAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18482064 System For Determining Construction Installation Accuracy SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18343044 REINFORCED INSULATED STRUCTURAL PANELS KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18031454 ONE-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Apr 12, 2023

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