Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dracula Technologies currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is characterized by a lack of concentration, as the 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This means that each of the company's active patent applications is being evaluated by a different individual in a different specialized group at the USPTO.
MEKHLIN, ELI S is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this 1 action represents a portion of the 3 total pending office actions, the company's prosecution risk is split. The involvement of 3 distinct art units for only 3 actions suggests that the company's innovations in Chemistry & Materials are technically diverse, requiring engagement with multiple examination standards and procedures. This distribution ensures that the company's strategy is not dependent on any single point of contact.
While this requires managing separate prosecution tracks, it also provides a broader base of feedback from the USPTO. The outcome of each of the 3 pending office actions will be determined by the specific standards of the 3 different art units involved. The role of MEKHLIN, ELI S as the busiest examiner involves 1 pending office action, which is the same count as the other examiners if the 3 actions are divided among the 3 distinct examiners.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEKHLIN, ELI S | 1 | 60.4% | +48.1% |
| CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 1 | 42.4% | +7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878552 | ORGANIC TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ITO ELECTRODE IN INDOOR-COMPATIBLE ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | MEKHLIN, ELI S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878552 | ORGANIC TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ITO ELECTRODE IN INDOOR-COMPATIBLE ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | MEKHLIN, ELI S | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 17787291 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDracula Technologies has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Eli S Mekhlin has the most, with 1 of Dracula Technologies's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
