Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Dura-Line LLC

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dura-Line LLC currently has 1 pending office actions. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiners, which means the company is working with a single point of contact for its current prosecution. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio, which may indicate that the 1 pending office actions are not yet categorized within a specific art unit. This 0 distinct art units figure suggests a unique technological profile for the current filing.

BOYLE, ROBERT C is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is 1 distinct examiners, BOYLE, ROBERT C is the only official reviewing the 1 pending office actions. The absence of 0 distinct art units suggests that the prosecution strategy should be highly personalized to the examiner's specific requirements. Success in this 1 busiest examiner pending action will depend on understanding the unique perspective of BOYLE, ROBERT C, as no broader art unit context is available to provide guidance.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.7% -2.7%

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18613472 MULTI-LAYER MATERIAL INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE RESINS AND HAVING IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES BOYLE, ROBERT C — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024

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