Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Estech A/S is navigating 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specialized technical focus for the company's chemical innovations. The use of 1 distinct examiner simplifies the administrative burden of tracking office action responses and deadlines. However, the company must be prepared for the specific examination style and prior art knowledge of this individual.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BERNS, DANIEL J, who holds the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner represents the company's active point of contact at the patent office for its pending matters. Since there is 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy does not need to account for varying standards across different units. The primary goal for the company is to resolve the 1 pending office action by addressing the specific technical and legal points raised by this examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.0% | +33.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18250088 | CO2 CAPTURE PROCESS WITH ELECTROLYTIC REGENERATION | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18250088 | CO2 CAPTURE PROCESS WITH ELECTROLYTIC REGENERATION | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18250088 | CO2 CAPTURE PROCESS WITH ELECTROLYTIC REGENERATION | BERNS, DANIEL J | 1736 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEstech A/S has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel J Berns has the most, with 1 of Estech A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
