Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (44%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATCHEVES, BASIL S 2 72.2% +17.4%
GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1 68.8% +44.0%
WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE 1 — —
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.1% +17.0%
XU, JIANGTIAN 1 65.3% +35.8%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 44.4% +52.7%
ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1 56.0% +24.1%
WILLS, MONIQUE M 1 85.8% -30.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17594888 THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS WILLS, MONIQUE M 53d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19094119 WALL PANEL KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d
18343044 REINFORCED INSULATED STRUCTURAL PANELS KATCHEVES, BASIL S 22d
18932491 Stretched Microporous Laminates WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE —
17779785 POLYURETHANE BASED THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL COMPRISING SILANE TERMINATED URETHANE PREPOLYMERS ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18877775 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ —
18683557 TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T —
18683166 TWO-COMPONENT STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE XU, JIANGTIAN —
17779785 POLYURETHANE BASED THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL COMPRISING SILANE TERMINATED URETHANE PREPOLYMERS ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 2
1762 1
1727 1
1723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094119 WALL PANEL KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 28, 2025
18877775 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18932491 Stretched Microporous Laminates WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
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
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
17779785 POLYURETHANE BASED THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL COMPRISING SILANE TERMINATED URETHANE PREPOLYMERS ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1727 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 25, 2022
17594888 THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS WILLS, MONIQUE M 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021

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