Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Gurtler Industries Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Gurtler Industries Inc. has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit. NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter, placing the available examination activity in a single path.

The prosecution response should focus on the claimed chemical or material features and the examiner’s specific reading of the cited references. Counsel can strengthen the record by distinguishing composition, process, and resulting properties through disclosure-supported technical explanations. Because no additional examiner or art-unit assignment appears, there is no need to harmonize positions across matters. A targeted interview or written response can address the office action while preserving flexibility in subsequent claim development.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1 23.4% +30.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18773797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTANT TEXTILES AND MAINTAINING INCREASED OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL LEVELS NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI —

Interview Candidates (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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18773797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTANT TEXTILES AND MAINTAINING INCREASED OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL LEVELS NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1779 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18773797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTANT TEXTILES AND MAINTAINING INCREASED OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL LEVELS NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1779 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Gurtler Industries Inc. have?

Gurtler Industries Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Gurtler Industries Inc. applications?

Boi-Lien Thi Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Gurtler Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Gurtler Industries Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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