Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
96 pending office actions • 23 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 96 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 158 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dow Global Technologies LLC manages a large portfolio of 94 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 23 distinct art units, reflecting the extensive and diverse nature of their materials science research. The presence of 23 art units indicates that the company's innovation is reviewed by a wide variety of technical experts across many different divisions of the patent office.
The company works with 65 distinct examiners to advance these applications. KRYLOVA, IRINA is the busiest examiner, handling 5 pending office actions. While 94 actions is a high volume, the distribution across 65 examiners suggests that the workload is widely dispersed. However, some concentration exists, as the busiest examiner manages 5 of those actions. For practitioners, this means managing 65 different examiner relationships, with KRYLOVA, IRINA holding a slightly more influential role by overseeing a larger portion of the 94 total pending matters than any other individual examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (1%) |
| §103 only | 42 (44%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 6 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 5 | 36.7% | +48.5% |
| BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 4 | 73.4% | +32.8% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 3 | 44.2% | +2.3% |
| BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 3 | 76.8% | +30.2% |
| BROOKS, KREGG T | 3 | 57.1% | +1.3% |
| SASTRI, SATYA B | 3 | 62.6% | +29.4% |
| RIOJA, MELISSA A | 3 | 49.4% | +53.8% |
| DOYLE, BRANDI M | 2 | 62.7% | +11.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 2 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| SHUKLA, KRUPA | 2 | 15.2% | +22.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17995028 | HEAT SEALING BARRIER LAMINATES INCLUDING POLYETHYLENE | VONCH, JEFFREY A | 9d overdue |
| 18861615 | MULTILAYER HEAT-SEAL FILM | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 3d overdue |
| 18262030 | A METHOD OF IMPROVING WATER WASHOUT RESISTANCE OF AN EXTERIOR COATING COMPOSITION AND EXTERIOR COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED WATER WASHOUT RESISTANCE | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 12d |
| 18005370 | THIN FIBER CEMENT ROOF TILES COMPRISING CORE-SHELL EMULSIONS HAVING IMPROVED IMPACT RESISTANCE | BROOKS, KREGG T | 27d |
| 18013229 | CROSSLINKABLE OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS | EASHOO, MARK | 28d |
| 18717045 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURES COMPRISING SILANE COUPLING AGENTS | AHMED, SHEEBA | 29d |
| 18004124 | PREPARATION OF LOW ODOR POLYURETHANE FOAMS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 29d |
| 17995894 | POLYOL AND FOAM MADE THEREFROM | XU, JIANGTIAN | 55d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18262622 | HYDROCARBYL-MODIFIED METHYLALUMINOXANE COCATALYSTS FOR BISPHENYLPHENOXY METAL-LIGAND COMPLEXES | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 16d overdue |
| 18861615 | MULTILAYER HEAT-SEAL FILM | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 3d overdue |
| 18264596 | HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, CLOSURE DEVICES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH CLOSURE DEVICES | SASTRI, SATYA B | 5d |
| 18013046 | POLYURETHANES WITH REDUCED COBALT EXTRACTABLES | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 27d |
| 18004124 | PREPARATION OF LOW ODOR POLYURETHANE FOAMS | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 29d |
| 18002520 | METHODS FOR MAKING POLY(OXYALKYLENE) ACRYLIC POLYMERS AT HIGH SOLIDS AND LOW VISCOSITY | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 29d |
| 17925107 | METHOD FOR THE HYDROSILYLATION OF AN OLEFINIC NITRILE AND A HYDRIDOSILANE | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 56d |
| 19111054 | METHODS FOR DEHYDROGENATING HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING COUNTERCURRENT FLOW REGENERATORS | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 15 |
| 1787 | 7 |
| 1762 | 6 |
| 1765 | 4 |
| 1771 | 3 |
| 1766 | 3 |
| 1763 | 3 |
| 1789 | 2 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1759 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111054 | METHODS FOR DEHYDROGENATING HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING COUNTERCURRENT FLOW REGENERATORS | DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19111058 | METHODS FOR DEHYDROGENATING HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING COMBUSTION UNITS | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19102054 | ADVANCED VISCO-SEALS FOR SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDERS | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18993042 | ORGANIC BINDER FOR TILING ADHESIVE | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18875369 | LOW VOC IONIC SOLVENTS AS DYE CARRIERS FOR ARAMID FIBERS | ELHILO, EISA B | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18874677 | METHODS FOR MAKING LIGHT OLEFINS BY DEHYDROGENATION THAT UTILIZE COMUBUSTION ADDITIVES | MCAVOY, ELLEN M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18874245 | METHODS FOR MAKING LIGHT OLEFINS BY DEHYDROGENATION USING CATALYSTS THAT INCLUDE CHROMIUM | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18871856 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A POLYOLEFIN COATING FOR A PAPER SUBSTRATE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18937820 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | ALVARE, PAUL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18936012 | THERMALLY BONDED ARTICLES | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18861615 | MULTILAYER HEAT-SEAL FILM | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18851866 | METHODS FOR FORMING LIGHT OLEFINS UTILIZING HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEMS | VALENCIA, JUAN C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18719488 | CROSSLINKABLE OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH REDUCED PEROXIDE LEVELS | FEELY, MICHAEL J | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18719657 | CROSSLINKABLE OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS | ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18719400 | OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH EXCELLENT THERMAL OXIDATION RESISTANCE | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18718940 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR IMPROVING HYDROCARBON UPGRADING | BOYER, RANDY | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18718877 | CLEANING FORMULATION | ELHILO, EISA B | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18717045 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURES COMPRISING SILANE COUPLING AGENTS | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18715136 | LAMINATE BARRIER WITH CERAMIC OR AEROGEL LAYER DEFINING VOIDS CONTAINING ENDOTHERMIC MATERIAL | KHAN, TAHSEEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715165 | PREPARATION OF ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS WITH CARBOXY FUNCTIONALITY | STRAH, ELI D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18714112 | FLAME RETARDANT FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM FOR AUTOMOTIVE SEATING | BELUNIS, THOMAS JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18714123 | MULTILAYER FILMS COMPRISING ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18714126 | MULTILAYER FILMS COMPRISING ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMERS | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18710765 | WASTEWATER OXIDATION WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INJECTED IN THE AIR-GAP OF A VESSEL | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18702085 | GLYCOL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CHELANTS | REUTHER, ARRIE L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18698564 | LAMINATE MATERIAL WITH SUPERIOR BARRIER PERFORMANCE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18695916 | POLYETHER POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18695912 | POLYETHER POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | HALL, DEVE V. | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18695505 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18692612 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COPOLYMER OF (METH)ACRYLIC ACID AND A CYCLIC KETENE ACETAL | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18691681 | POLYMER BLENDS COMPRISING POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED RESIN | BOYKIN, TERRESSA M | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18686783 | ISOLATION OF DIALKYLENE PHENOLIC GLYCOL ETHER | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18685561 | DRAG REDUCING AGENT | SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18685043 | MULTILAYER FILMS | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18683693 | CATALYSTS FOR DEHYDROGENATION PROCESS | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18293804 | MULTILAYER FILMS | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18291765 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING HYDROSILYLATION REACTION TO PREPARE ESTER-FUNCTIONAL SILOXANE OLIGOMERS | ZIMMER, MARC S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18291097 | Thermoplastic Polyolefin Composition with Reactive Compatibilization | HEINCER, LIAM J | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18576448 | REDUCED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18573050 | SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING HYDRAZIDE | JONES, KOLTON ED | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18572209 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LIQUID MIXTURE COMPRISING METHANOL, WATER AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE | CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18571443 | PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE AGING-RELATED DEACTIVATION OF HIGH SELECTIVITY ETHYLENE OXIDE CATALYSTS | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1625 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18568360 | HALOGEN FREE FLAME RETARDANT POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS | LEE, DORIS L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18567188 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POST-CONSUMER RECYLED RESIN AND ODOR-ACTIVE ZEOLITE TO MITIGATE TASTE AND ODOR | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18566693 | HIGH SOLIDS CELLULOSE ETHER AND SUPERPLASTICIZER DISPERSION | COHEN, STEFANIE J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18561538 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF FILM-FORMING AND NON-FILM-FORMING POLYMER PARTICLES | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18289307 | METHODS OF MAKING ALKYLATED METALLOCENES HAVING ONE OR MORE TETRAHYDROPENTALENYL GROUPS | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18558115 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS WITH RUBBER COMPATIBILITY | BROOKS, KREGG T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18556107 | CURE OF ANHYDRIDE FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS WITH EPOXYSILANES | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | 1764 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18287284 | COATING COMPOSITION AND ITS USES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDow Global Technologies LLC has 96 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 23 art units and 66 examiners.
Irina Krylova has the most, with 5 of Dow Global Technologies LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.