Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Dupont Electronics Inc.

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
4
Medium (36%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
82% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RICE, STEVEN 1 38.7% +43.4%
PIERCE, JEREMY R 1 56.7% +43.1%
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1 49.0% +32.8%
ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1 53.9% +23.9%
LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1 75.5% +18.2%
ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1 72.3% -13.2%
FREEMAN, JOHN D 1 45.6% +6.9%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 44.7% +16.3%
EASHOO, MARK 1 38.5% +33.6%
GARRETT, DAWN L 1 72.5% +10.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 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
17313141 MOVEABLE GRIPPER FOR GRIPPING A CONTAINER AND HEATING CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED THERMAL CONTACT AND HEAT SETTINGS ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL 22d
18187072 PHOTOIMAGABLE DIELECTRICS FREEMAN, JOHN D
17783009 ELECTROACTIVE COMPOUNDS GARRETT, DAWN L

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18618103 ELECTRICALLY INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES PIERCE, JEREMY R 36d overdue
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
18804565 THERMALLY STABLE CROSSLINKED POLYVINYL FLUORIDE COATING RICE, STEVEN
18493047 PHOTOCURABLE CONDUCTIVE BLACK COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A CURED PRODUCT THEREOF JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R
18343029 ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE
17958675 POLYIMIDE FILMS EASHOO, MARK
17783009 ELECTROACTIVE COMPOUNDS GARRETT, DAWN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 2
1789 1
1766 1
1781 1
1795 1
1737 1
1787 1
1786 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18804565 THERMALLY STABLE CROSSLINKED POLYVINYL FLUORIDE COATING RICE, STEVEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18618103 ELECTRICALLY INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 27, 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 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18343029 ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1795 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18187217 PRINTING FORM PRECURSOR AND PRINTING FORM THEREOF ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18187072 PHOTOIMAGABLE DIELECTRICS FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2023
18088095 AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING POLYMERIC THICKENER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 23, 2022
17958675 POLYIMIDE FILMS EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2022
17783009 ELECTROACTIVE COMPOUNDS GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17313141 MOVEABLE GRIPPER FOR GRIPPING A CONTAINER AND HEATING CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED THERMAL CONTACT AND HEAT SETTINGS ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL 3761 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 06, 2021

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