Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Des Products Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to a single distinct examiner, WILL, KATHERINE A, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is currently focused within a single distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical and administrative scope for the company's pending matters. This concentration allows the applicant to focus their efforts on a single set of examiner expectations and requirements.
The busiest examiner pending count of 1 reflects the total number of pending office actions, meaning that WILL, KATHERINE A is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work. This individual's specific expertise in chemistry and materials will be the key factor in the prosecution of the pending claims. Because the company is only dealing with a single art unit, they can expect a consistent set of administrative procedures. This singular focus allows for a highly specialized legal strategy tailored to the examiner's known prior art preferences.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILL, KATHERINE A | 1 | 67.4% | +20.1% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535806 | ADJUSTABLE AIRFLOW CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER | WILL, KATHERINE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18535806 | ADJUSTABLE AIRFLOW CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER | WILL, KATHERINE A | 1747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDes Products Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katherine A Will has the most, with 1 of Des Products Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
