Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
H.B. Fuller Company has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, so each listed matter has its own examiner and art-unit assignment. The portfolio therefore lacks a repeated examination channel and requires matter-specific prosecution planning.
MCNALLY, DANIEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner or art unit carries more than one listed matter. Counsel should maintain consistent technical positions where useful, but response preparation must be organized independently for each assignment.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1 | 68.2% | +13.3% |
| MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1 | 31.9% | +43.1% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.5% |
| NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1 | 56.6% | +28.9% |
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +22.0% |
| ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1 | 65.4% | +36.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18917624 | ACRYLATE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR THE OUTER SHELL OF SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE FILTERS | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | — |
| 18677470 | HOT MELT SEALANTS HAVING LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18573010 | BIOBASED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18547581 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION INCLUDING HIGH STYRENE CONTENT STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19236316 | SPINDLE FREE TAPE ARTICLE AND METHOD | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 18917624 | ACRYLATE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR THE OUTER SHELL OF SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE FILTERS | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | — |
| 18742154 | IMPACT ABSORBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18715061 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION THAT INCLUDES LIQUID RESIN OIL | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | — |
| 18677470 | HOT MELT SEALANTS HAVING LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18573010 | BIOBASED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18547581 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION INCLUDING HIGH STYRENE CONTENT STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236316 | SPINDLE FREE TAPE ARTICLE AND METHOD | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 18917624 | ACRYLATE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR THE OUTER SHELL OF SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE FILTERS | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18742154 | IMPACT ABSORBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18715061 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION THAT INCLUDES LIQUID RESIN OIL | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18677470 | HOT MELT SEALANTS HAVING LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18573010 | BIOBASED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18547581 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION INCLUDING HIGH STYRENE CONTENT STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMER | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialH.B. Fuller Company has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Daniel Mcnally has the most, with 1 of H.B. Fuller Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
