Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dupont Electronics Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Dupont Electronics Inc. has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, indicating that nearly every matter has a separate examination assignment.

TUROCY, DAVID P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use matter-specific response planning while maintaining a coordinated technical position across the chemistry and materials docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TUROCY, DAVID P 1 46.9% +35.8%
NGUYEN, CHAU N 1 68.0% +14.1%
RICE, STEVEN 1 39.3% +43.7%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 43.9% +45.8%
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1 49.6% +32.6%
ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1 54.5% +22.5%
ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1 72.4% -13.0%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 45.3% +17.2%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18187217 PRINTING FORM PRECURSOR AND PRINTING FORM THEREOF ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 73d overdue
18088095 AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING POLYMERIC THICKENER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 22d
19292545 PROCESS FOR FORMING AN ARTICLE TUROCY, DAVID P —
18927191 Electrically Insulated Conductors And Methods For Electrically Insulating Conductors NGUYEN, CHAU N —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18454300 TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND A DOUBLE-SIDE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC METHOD USING THE SAME ZHANG, MICHAEL N 17d overdue
18088095 AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING POLYMERIC THICKENER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 22d
19292545 PROCESS FOR FORMING AN ARTICLE TUROCY, DAVID P —
18927191 Electrically Insulated Conductors And Methods For Electrically Insulating Conductors NGUYEN, CHAU N —
18804565 THERMALLY STABLE CROSSLINKED POLYVINYL FLUORIDE COATING RICE, STEVEN —
18710230 INKJET INK AND PRIMER FLUID SET BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB —
18493047 PHOTOCURABLE CONDUCTIVE BLACK COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A CURED PRODUCT THEREOF JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 1
2841 1
1762 1
1766 1
1781 1
1737 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19292545 PROCESS FOR FORMING AN ARTICLE TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
18927191 Electrically Insulated Conductors And Methods For Electrically Insulating Conductors NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18804565 THERMALLY STABLE CROSSLINKED POLYVINYL FLUORIDE COATING RICE, STEVEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18710230 INKJET INK AND PRIMER FLUID SET BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18493047 PHOTOCURABLE CONDUCTIVE BLACK COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A CURED PRODUCT THEREOF JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18454300 TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND A DOUBLE-SIDE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC METHOD USING THE SAME ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18187217 PRINTING FORM PRECURSOR AND PRINTING FORM THEREOF ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18088095 AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING POLYMERIC THICKENER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Dupont Electronics Inc. have?

Dupont Electronics Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Dupont Electronics Inc. applications?

David P Turocy has the most, with 1 of Dupont Electronics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Dupont Electronics Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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