Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ekato Rühr- Und Mischtechnik GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a specific technical focus for the company's current patent efforts. Because the administrative burden is concentrated in 1 unit, the applicant can dedicate resources to a single set of technical requirements. This approach is useful for maintaining consistency in claim language and navigating the specific prior art landscape associated with this administrative division. Practitioners can focus on the specific guidelines of this 1 unit to streamline the acquisition of patent rights.
SORKIN, DAVID L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company only needs to navigate the specific requirements and preferences of this individual. This 1 action represents the entirety of the company's current active prosecution with the office. The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit suggests a direct prosecution path for their Chemistry & Materials innovations. Success in this matter depends entirely on the interaction with SORKIN, DAVID L and meeting the standards of the specialized art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.5% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683336 | Agitator device, agitation system and method for operating an agitation system | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683336 | Agitator device, agitation system and method for operating an agitation system | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEkato Rühr- Und Mischtechnik GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David L Sorkin has the most, with 1 of Ekato Rühr- Und Mischtechnik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
