Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dranco Naamloze Vennootschap currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, with PATEL, PRANAV N serving as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio is situated within 2 distinct art units, indicating that the cases are being reviewed by different specialized divisions.
The distribution of 2 actions among 2 distinct examiners suggests a varied perspective across the portfolio. Because the 2 actions are spread across 2 art units, the company's chemical technologies are being evaluated under different departmental standards and supervisory oversight. This balance of 2 examiners for 2 actions prevents any single person from controlling the entire pending portfolio, although the busiest examiner, PATEL, PRANAV N, still handles 1 of the cases. This structure allows the company to navigate the Chemistry & Materials field through multiple examiner interactions while maintaining a presence in 2 distinct art units. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active workload for this entity.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, PRANAV N | 1 | 68.8% | +21.7% |
| HOLLAND, PAUL J | 1 | 57.3% | +64.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558781 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORGANIC MATERIAL | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558781 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORGANIC MATERIAL | PATEL, PRANAV N | — |
| 18270369 | METHOD TO PRODUCE MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACIDS | HOLLAND, PAUL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18558781 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORGANIC MATERIAL | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1777 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18270369 | METHOD TO PRODUCE MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACIDS | HOLLAND, PAUL J | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDranco Naamloze Vennootschap has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Pranav N Patel has the most, with 1 of Dranco Naamloze Vennootschap's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
