Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ems-Chemie AG has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination settings.
NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Each application warrants its own response plan, while the shared technology area may support consistent terminology where the disclosures are related.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | 1 | 63.7% | -5.2% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.9% | +19.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987850 | AQUEOUS DIPPING BATH COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING REINFORCEMENT INSERTS AND THE USE THEREOF, AS WELL AS METHODS FOR PRODUCING AN ADHESIVE REINFORCEMENT INSERT | NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | — |
| 18345735 | POLYAMIDE PARTS WITH LOW FUEL PERMEATION | CAI, WENWEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18345735 | POLYAMIDE PARTS WITH LOW FUEL PERMEATION | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18987850 | AQUEOUS DIPPING BATH COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING REINFORCEMENT INSERTS AND THE USE THEREOF, AS WELL AS METHODS FOR PRODUCING AN ADHESIVE REINFORCEMENT INSERT | NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | 1762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18345735 | POLYAMIDE PARTS WITH LOW FUEL PERMEATION | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEms-Chemie AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Patrick Dennis Niland has the most, with 1 of Ems-Chemie AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
