Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently shows 1 pending office action. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, suggesting that the university's current patent efforts are focused on a specific technical advancement. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio's immediate legal requirements.
KWAK, DEAN P is the busiest examiner for this portfolio and is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since the total number of pending matters is 1, this examiner is the central figure in the university's current patent office interactions. A practitioner can focus their efforts on the specific examination patterns and expectations of KWAK, DEAN P.
The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the subject matter of the 1 pending office action is specialized within the Chemistry & Materials field. By understanding the specific guidelines of this 1 distinct art unit, a practitioner can better predict the potential outcomes for the 1 busiest examiner pending action and the overall portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251818 | Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof | KWAK, DEAN P | 5d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18251818 | Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dean P Kwak has the most, with 1 of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
