Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dupont Electronic Materials International LLC has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, showing that each case is handled by a different individual. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, which reflects a variety of technical focuses within the chemistry sector. This spread across 3 art units for only 4 pending office actions suggests a relatively diverse set of innovations.
HORGER, KIM S. is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the busiest examiner only has 1 action, the 4 pending office actions are evenly divided among the 4 distinct examiners. Practitioners must coordinate with 4 different examiners across 3 distinct art units, which may require adapting to various examination styles. The data indicates a portfolio where each pending matter is treated as a separate administrative engagement. This lack of examiner overlap means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to each individual examiner's tendencies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.7% | +20.0% |
| MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1 | 31.8% | +43.4% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON | 1 | 71.7% | +27.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758631 | FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | — |
| 18723267 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR SILICONIZATION APPLICATION | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18324450 | COMPOUNDS, MONOMERS, POLYMERS, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERN FORMATION METHODS | TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON | 31d overdue |
| 19175339 | METHOD OF INHIBITING TARNISH FORMATION AND CORROSION | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
| 18758631 | FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | — |
| 18723267 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR SILICONIZATION APPLICATION | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175339 | METHOD OF INHIBITING TARNISH FORMATION AND CORROSION | HORGER, KIM S. | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18758631 | FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18723267 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR SILICONIZATION APPLICATION | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18324450 | COMPOUNDS, MONOMERS, POLYMERS, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERN FORMATION METHODS | TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON | 1737 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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