Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dow Silicones Corporation

22 pending office actions • 15 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
19
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (5%)
2
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (82%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 2 58.4% +16.8%
MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1 45.8% +37.1%
GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1 70.9% +18.2%
MRUK, BRIAN P 1 74.2% +27.5%
BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1 73.2% +33.1%
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.4% +37.0%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.6% +24.9%
BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1 51.1% +30.7%
HOU, FRANK S 1 71.5% +34.5%
PAK, HANNAH J 1 78.1% +20.1%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18568765 CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS NELSON, MICHAEL B 15d

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17640976 METHOD OF PREPARING ALKOXY-FUNCTIONAL ORGANOSILOXANE COMPOUNDS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 142d overdue
18277297 METHOD FOR CURING ROOM TEMPERATURE CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITIONS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 117d overdue
18704951 SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TEXTILE COATING AND SILICONE RUBBER-COATED TEXTILE MATZEK, MATTHEW D 73d overdue
18264261 PROCESSES FOR MAKING POLYSILOXAZANES AND USING SAME FOR PRODUCING AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYORGANOSILOXANES HOU, FRANK S 67d overdue
18636223 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ADHESION OF SILICONE ELASTOMERS TO PRE-CURED SILICONE ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES, AND PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 50d overdue
18563163 METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A LAMINATE ARTICLE INCLUDING A SILICONE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ADHERED TO SILICONE RUBBER RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 29d overdue
18568765 CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS NELSON, MICHAEL B 15d
18013224 CURE AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMERS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 4
1761 3
1766 2
1764 2
1786 1
1748 1
1787 1
1746 1
1744 1
1692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18704951 SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TEXTILE COATING AND SILICONE RUBBER-COATED TEXTILE MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18636223 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ADHESION OF SILICONE ELASTOMERS TO PRE-CURED SILICONE ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES, AND PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18700427 SOLID LAUNDRY DRAINAGE AID COMPOSITION MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18681245 TEXTILE TREATMENT EMULSION FORMULATION INCLUDING A SILICONE - (METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMER AND A SILICONE ADDITIVE BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18568765 CURABLE SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18563163 METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A LAMINATE ARTICLE INCLUDING A SILICONE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ADHERED TO SILICONE RUBBER RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18277297 METHOD FOR CURING ROOM TEMPERATURE CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITIONS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18264261 PROCESSES FOR MAKING POLYSILOXAZANES AND USING SAME FOR PRODUCING AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYORGANOSILOXANES HOU, FRANK S 1692 Other Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18263642 SILICON CONTAINING EMULSION POWDERS FOR USE IN MAKING CEMENT BASED ON TILE ADHESIVE DRY MIX COMPOSITIONS PAK, HANNAH J 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18259657 AQUEOUS LIGHT DUTY LIQUID DETERGENT FORMULATION OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1761 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18270103 COATING COMPOSITION AND ITS USES UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1700 §102 Non-Final OA 230d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18267192 METHOD OF PREPARING FILM AND COMPOSITION THEREFOR MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18039803 SILICONE RESIN HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE 1766 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18251900 INORGANIC BINDING MATERIALS WITH ALKYL-MODIFIED SILSESQUIOXANE NANO PARTICLES LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 05, 2023
18035276 PROCESS FOR MAKING SILICONE RUBBER BASE COMPOSITIONS KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 03, 2023
18248879 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOAM CONTROL AGENT OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18023713 POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE PREPARATION MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18022346 AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING FORMULATION WITH DISPERSANT COPOLYMER BLEND HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18013224 CURE AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMERS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 27, 2022
17926352 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYURETHANE COMPOSITION STANLEY, JANE L 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17912829 SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION LING, DORIS 1764 Other Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17640976 METHOD OF PREPARING ALKOXY-FUNCTIONAL ORGANOSILOXANE COMPOUNDS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 142d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2022

Managing Dow Silicones Corporation's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month