Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

30 pending office actions • 18 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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%)
21
Medium (70%)
6
Easy (20%)
3
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only20 (67%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only4 (13%)
Double-patenting only2 (7%)
No statute on record3 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

24
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
4
Business / Other
13% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, ZHEN 2 43.9% +43.6%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.4% +50.4%
MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1 46.1% +37.1%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.1% +17.5%
BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1 73.5% +32.6%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 1 49.6% +54.1%
KRYLOVA, IRINA 1 36.4% +48.0%
SERGENT, RABON A 1 54.8% +24.2%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.5% +23.7%
DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1 53.5% +43.9%

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
18704951 SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TEXTILE COATING AND SILICONE RUBBER-COATED TEXTILE MATZEK, MATTHEW D 73d overdue
18563163 METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A LAMINATE ARTICLE INCLUDING A SILICONE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ADHERED TO SILICONE RUBBER RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 29d overdue
17786577 COPOLYETHERESTER RESIN COMPOSITION LIU, ZHEN 33d
18681245 TEXTILE TREATMENT EMULSION FORMULATION INCLUDING A SILICONE - (METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMER AND A SILICONE ADDITIVE BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 34d
18708228 SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
18684217 PROCESS FOR MAKING CYANOETHYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE BUTCHER, ROBERT T
18294234 THE PREPARATION OF FOAMED SILICONE PRODUCTS RIOJA, MELISSA A
18580563 SILICONE FOAM COMPOSITION KRYLOVA, IRINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 4
1761 2
1692 2
1771 2
1765 2
3615 2
1717 1
1786 1
1766 1
1746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18708228 SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
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
18684217 PROCESS FOR MAKING CYANOETHYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE BUTCHER, ROBERT T DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 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
18294234 THE PREPARATION OF FOAMED SILICONE PRODUCTS RIOJA, MELISSA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18580563 SILICONE FOAM COMPOSITION KRYLOVA, IRINA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18573352 SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR PREPARATION SERGENT, RABON A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 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
18553850 FOAM STABILIZING COMPOSITION INCLUDING A SILOXANE CATIONIC SURFACTANT AND COLLOIDAL SILICA DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 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
18259657 AQUEOUS LIGHT DUTY LIQUID DETERGENT FORMULATION OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1761 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18267830 THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2023
18036048 TWO-PART CONDENSATION CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18036042 TITANIUM-BASED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18251900 INORGANIC BINDING MATERIALS WITH ALKYL-MODIFIED SILSESQUIOXANE NANO PARTICLES LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 05, 2023
18023713 POLYDIORGANOSILOXANE PREPARATION MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18013224 CURE AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF OLEFIN/SILANE INTERPOLYMERS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 27, 2022
17908035 COATED SPONGES LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2022
17788087 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, PROTECTIVE AGENT OR ADHESIVE, AND ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC DEVICE LIU, ZHEN 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2022
17786567 CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
18498319 Copolyether-Ester Resin Composition With Improved Hydrolysis Resistance And Heat Stability EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18498361 Polymer-Based Wheel Assembly For Non-Pneumatic Tire KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18497329 Wheel and Non-Pneumatic Tire Assembly BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18556374 Improved Polymer Composition YOON, TAE H 1762 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18551884 Battery Pack Support And Battery Pack WANG, EUGENIA 1759 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
17786577 COPOLYETHERESTER RESIN COMPOSITION LIU, ZHEN 1767 §102 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 17, 2022
18251256 HYDROFORMYLATION REACTION PROCESSES WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1692 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
17997716 PROCESSES FOR REDUCING THE RATE OF PRESSURE DROP INCREASE IN A VESSEL SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1774 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 01, 2022
17594916 PROCESS TO PREPARE SOLUTION FROM HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESS FOR PRECIOUS METAL RECOVERY QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2021

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