Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dymco Ltd. is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a highly concentrated prosecution environment for the company's active filings. The matter is located within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical focus for the company's research and development in the chemical sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL, who manages 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this is the only pending action in the portfolio, this examiner's specific examination style is the most significant factor for the company's immediate patent prospects. In the Chemistry & Materials field, the outcome of this 1 busiest examiner pending action will define the company's current standing at the patent office.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution profile is exceptionally focused. This lack of distribution across different examiners or art units means that the company's strategy must be precisely aligned with the expectations of WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL. This pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current efforts to expand its intellectual property portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +29.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862007 | SURFACE-FASTENER-MANUFACTURING METHOD, SURFACE FASTENER, AND MOLDING DEVICE | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862007 | SURFACE-FASTENER-MANUFACTURING METHOD, SURFACE FASTENER, AND MOLDING DEVICE | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862007 | SURFACE-FASTENER-MANUFACTURING METHOD, SURFACE FASTENER, AND MOLDING DEVICE | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
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