Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dura-Line LLC has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. Robert C Boyle is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action. Prosecution for Dura-Line LLC is currently focused on this single examiner.
With only a single pending office action, the company's patent strategy is currently focused on a single application. The assignment to Robert C Boyle within a distinct art unit means that the prosecution outcome is entirely dependent on this examiner's review. This concentration in the Chemistry & Materials field means that the company's immediate success is tied to the standards of the art unit. Dura-Line LLC must focus its efforts on meeting the specific requirements of Robert C Boyle to resolve the 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1 | 69.7% | -2.8% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18613472 | MULTI-LAYER MATERIAL INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE RESINS AND HAVING IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDura-Line LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert C Boyle has the most, with 1 of Dura-Line LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
