Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Empa currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's active patent applications cover different technical niches within the broader chemistry field. This distribution requires managing interactions across multiple specialized units to address the specific requirements of each 2 distinct art units.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is reviewed by a different person. DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. This indicates that the total pending workload is split equally among the examiners involved. This arrangement prevents a concentration of workload under a single examiner, allowing for parallel progress on the active matters.
For patent practitioners, the presence of the current pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners highlights a balanced workload. Each action is tied to a unique art unit within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, necessitating a tailored approach for each examiner. Successfully navigating these specialized units is essential for advancing the company's current patent applications.
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 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1 | 64.0% | +19.8% |
| DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 74.5% | +16.1% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835150 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATE FROM WOOD AND A CURABLE COMPOSITION | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| 18562853 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A WEARABLE TEXTILE SENSOR TO PROTECT AGAINST PRESSURE INJURIES | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835150 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATE FROM WOOD AND A CURABLE COMPOSITION | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18562853 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A WEARABLE TEXTILE SENSOR TO PROTECT AGAINST PRESSURE INJURIES | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEmpa has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kristen A Dagenais has the most, with 1 of Empa's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
