Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ds Specialty Chemicals S A E holds a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which aligns with the company's focus on chemistry and materials. The prosecution is managed by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed in a very specific technical and administrative context.
DIAZ, MATTHEW R is the busiest examiner for Ds Specialty Chemicals S A E. This examiner is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, DIAZ, MATTHEW R is managing all of the company's pending matters. This indicates that the current prosecution for Ds Specialty Chemicals S A E is limited to a single examiner and a single art unit. All current legal developments for this portfolio are tied to the decisions of this one examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1 | 54.1% | +42.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18527938 | OVERBASED CALCIUM CARBOLXYLATES AND SULFONATES AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18527938 | OVERBASED CALCIUM CARBOLXYLATES AND SULFONATES AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDs Specialty Chemicals S A E has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Matthew R Diaz has the most, with 1 of Ds Specialty Chemicals S A E's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
