Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heraeus has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 5 examiners and 4 art units, showing coverage across several examination settings with one art unit handling more than one action. No examiner has more than 1 pending action, so the portfolio does not show concentration at the examiner level.
HORGER, KIM S. is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should coordinate overall claim strategy across the chemistry matters while allowing response positions to reflect the distinct examiner assignments and the four art-unit contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (40%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORGER, KIM S. | 1 | 70.4% | +20.6% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
| WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1 | 44.2% | +43.7% |
| GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1 | 73.1% | +18.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686287 | PRINTED PRODUCT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 17d overdue |
| 18998031 | METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE WITH CONTACT AREA | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
| 18772945 | Flux and solder paste comprising said flux | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686287 | PRINTED PRODUCT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 17d overdue |
| 18998031 | METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE WITH CONTACT AREA | HORGER, KIM S. | — |
| 18962463 | METAL-CERAMIC COMPOSITE | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 17808919 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND FURNACE | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998031 | METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE WITH CONTACT AREA | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18962463 | METAL-CERAMIC COMPOSITE | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18772945 | Flux and solder paste comprising said flux | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18686287 | PRINTED PRODUCT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF | WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN | 1783 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 17808919 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND FURNACE | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHeraeus has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Kim S. Horger has the most, with 1 of Heraeus's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
