Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

DEXerials Corporation

23 pending office actions • 8 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

9
Hard (39%)
13
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (43%)
§102 only3 (13%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
22% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
26% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
12
Business / Other
52% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARM, NICKOLAS R 1 79.3% +5.9%
OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 1 74.6% +20.5%
CHUNG, DAVID Y 1 69.8% +8.1%
DUNNING, RYAN S 1 75.7% +23.7%
MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 1 74.6% +9.0%
JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM 1 82.5% +10.6%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.5% +50.5%
LAU, EDMOND C 1 71.8% +9.2%
MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1 80.6% +10.6%
GARBER, ERIN R 1 82.0% +17.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18686200 PHOTOCURABLE MATERIAL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE MCCLENDON, SANZA L
18638618 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR GARBER, ERIN R

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18694783 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION FILM KHAN, TAHSEEN 7d
18696318 POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLARIZING PLATE LIU, SHAN 22d
19119670 LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LAMINATE MANUFACTURING DEVICE HARM, NICKOLAS R
18919435 TRANSFER SHEET OESTREICH, MITCHELL T
18776181 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM
18711558 WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPTICAL DEVICE LAU, EDMOND C
18690044 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION AND THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET DIGGS, TANISHA
18682007 SOLDER PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLDER PARTICLES, AND CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION PATEL, DEVANG R

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
18919435 TRANSFER SHEET OESTREICH, MITCHELL T
18895761 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND ARTICLE DUNNING, RYAN S
18776181 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM
18736434 FORMATION METHOD OF SILICON NITRIDE FILM WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
18686200 PHOTOCURABLE MATERIAL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE MCCLENDON, SANZA L
18638618 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR GARBER, ERIN R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2871 3
2872 2
1745 1
1787 1
1781 1
1788 1
1796 1
2815 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19119670 LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LAMINATE MANUFACTURING DEVICE HARM, NICKOLAS R 1745 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2025
18919435 TRANSFER SHEET OESTREICH, MITCHELL T §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18852795 SCREEN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND DIE CHUNG, DAVID Y §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18895761 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND ARTICLE DUNNING, RYAN S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18844711 OPTICAL LAMINATE, ARTICLE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18776181 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18736434 FORMATION METHOD OF SILICON NITRIDE FILM WALTERS JR, ROBERT S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18711558 WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPTICAL DEVICE LAU, EDMOND C 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18686200 PHOTOCURABLE MATERIAL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1787 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18638618 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR GARBER, ERIN R §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18637385 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR RICHTER, KARA MARIE §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18696318 POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLARIZING PLATE LIU, SHAN 2871 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18694783 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION FILM KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18690044 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION AND THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET DIGGS, TANISHA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18683435 TACKY AGENT-FORMING COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND TACKY AGENT COMPOSITION WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18682007 SOLDER PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLDER PARTICLES, AND CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION PATEL, DEVANG R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18574456 CURABLE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT KAUCHER, MARK S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18489466 WIRE GRID POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE GRID POLARIZING ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS CROCKETT, RYAN M 2871 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18255454 OPTICAL BODY, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL BODY, LAMINATE, AND IMAGE SENSOR HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18021315 OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILM KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2023
18018796 COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
17995926 TEST CHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2022
17908263 CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE, OPTICAL DEVICE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022

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