Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 15 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ivoclar Vivadent AG has 19 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions involve 18 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units, reflecting broad distribution with limited repetition across examination assignments.
BERNARD, ADRIEN J is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters offer a defined opportunity for coordinated review, while the wider portfolio calls for individual analysis across the remaining examiner and art-unit combinations. Consistent materials terminology and centralized deadline tracking can support management of the distributed docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (21%) |
| §103 only | 8 (42%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (37%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 2 | 81.7% | +17.2% |
| UTT, ETHAN A | 1 | 48.1% | +40.6% |
| NELSON, MATTHEW M | 1 | 57.9% | +24.0% |
| GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 1 | 60.5% | +27.8% |
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
| TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | 1 | 88.4% | +7.1% |
| ALI, MOHAMMAD | 1 | 41.4% | +22.1% |
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1 | 81.6% | +0.3% |
| PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1 | — | — |
| AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 76.4% | +20.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952292 | SELECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF HARDNESS AND TRANSLUCENCY IN CERAMIC MULTI-COLOR INKJET 3D PRINTING | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18756317 | DISK MANAGER FOR DENTAL BLANKS | TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922838 | Method For Determining An Internal Structure Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Method For The Production Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Dental Prosthesis Base, Data-Processing Device, Computer Program And Computer-Readable Medium | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 29d |
| 18325818 | CIRCUIT HOUSING FOR WEARABLE INTRAORAL APPLICATION | WALKER, OLIVIA | 29d |
| 19231821 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A DENTAL OBJECT | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 19068678 | PRE-SINTERED MULTI-LAYERED DENTAL MILL BLANK, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF, AND A SINTERING PROCESS | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| 18675396 | DYNAMIC EXPOSURE STRATEGY | ALI, MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18605719 | Oxide Ceramic With Pigment | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
| 18503482 | DENTAL MATERIAL FOR THE PREPARATION OF FULL OR PARTIAL DENTAL PROSTHESES | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | — |
| 18502685 | Method Of Producing A Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank For Dental Purposes, Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank, And Use Thereof | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777924 | ORAL SENSOR SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 1d overdue |
| 18922838 | Method For Determining An Internal Structure Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Method For The Production Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Dental Prosthesis Base, Data-Processing Device, Computer Program And Computer-Readable Medium | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 29d |
| 19231821 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A DENTAL OBJECT | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 19068678 | PRE-SINTERED MULTI-LAYERED DENTAL MILL BLANK, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF, AND A SINTERING PROCESS | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| 18952292 | SELECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF HARDNESS AND TRANSLUCENCY IN CERAMIC MULTI-COLOR INKJET 3D PRINTING | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 18765510 | RECEPTACLE FOR A DENTAL BLANK | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | — |
| 18675396 | DYNAMIC EXPOSURE STRATEGY | ALI, MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18502685 | Method Of Producing A Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank For Dental Purposes, Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank, And Use Thereof | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1741 | 2 |
| 3772 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 1763 | 2 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19231821 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A DENTAL OBJECT | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19068678 | PRE-SINTERED MULTI-LAYERED DENTAL MILL BLANK, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF, AND A SINTERING PROCESS | UTT, ETHAN A | 1783 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18952292 | SELECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF HARDNESS AND TRANSLUCENCY IN CERAMIC MULTI-COLOR INKJET 3D PRINTING | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18922838 | Method For Determining An Internal Structure Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Method For The Production Of A Dental Prosthesis Base, Dental Prosthesis Base, Data-Processing Device, Computer Program And Computer-Readable Medium | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18777924 | ORAL SENSOR SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18765510 | RECEPTACLE FOR A DENTAL BLANK | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18756317 | DISK MANAGER FOR DENTAL BLANKS | TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | 2876 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18675396 | DYNAMIC EXPOSURE STRATEGY | ALI, MOHAMMAD | 2119 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18605719 | Oxide Ceramic With Pigment | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18503482 | DENTAL MATERIAL FOR THE PREPARATION OF FULL OR PARTIAL DENTAL PROSTHESES | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1763 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18502685 | Method Of Producing A Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank For Dental Purposes, Multicolor Glass-Ceramic Blank, And Use Thereof | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18490396 | STORAGE STABLE SELF-ADHESIVE COMPOSITE CEMENTS WITH GOOD TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD RADIOPACITY | ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18464209 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A DENTAL RESTORATION | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2023 |
| 18457018 | Biocompatible Enamel-Dentin Single-Component Adhesives | JONES, KOLTON ED | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18355363 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING SUPPORT STRUCTURES | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18325818 | CIRCUIT HOUSING FOR WEARABLE INTRAORAL APPLICATION | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18314045 | MACHINING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DENTAL OBJECT | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18043086 | DENTAL PROPHY PASTE | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17517205 | System Having A Laser And An Adhesive For The Securing Of A Dental Restoration Part And Method For Securing A Restoration Part, In Particular A Dental Restoration Part | PATEL, YOGESH P | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 02, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialIvoclar Vivadent AG has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 15 art units and 18 examiners.
Adrien J Bernard has the most, with 2 of Ivoclar Vivadent AG's pending office actions.
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