Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dover Chemical Corporation is navigating 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. All of these actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a highly specialized prosecution environment for their chemical portfolio. This concentration in a particular unit allows for a more focused legal strategy, as the applicant can tailor their arguments to the specific standards and practices of a technical group.
The company interacts with 1 distinct examiner, CAI, WENWEN, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. CAI, WENWEN is responsible for 2 pending office actions, meaning an individual oversees the entirety of the company's current pending matters. Having multiple pending office actions under the review of the same examiner can be advantageous for maintaining consistency in claim language and arguments. However, it also means that the company's current success is heavily dependent on the decisions of this specific official.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAI, WENWEN | 2 | 59.9% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18413459 | Polymeric Films Having Reduced Melt Fracture and Related Methods | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| 18381882 | Polymeric Films Having Reduced Melt Fracture and Related Methods | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18413459 | Polymeric Films Having Reduced Melt Fracture and Related Methods | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18381882 | Polymeric Films Having Reduced Melt Fracture and Related Methods | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDover Chemical Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Wenwen Cai has the most, with 2 of Dover Chemical Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
