Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Koehler Innovation & Technology GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some technical grouping overlap.
MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain matter-specific response plans while using the shared art-unit assignments to identify any recurring chemistry or materials claim issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1 | 78.8% | +15.3% |
| VERA, ELISA H | 1 | 72.4% | +26.3% |
| HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1 | 63.3% | +39.4% |
| WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1 | 66.7% | +42.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854242 | BARRIER PAPER | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18681318 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18568552 | COLOR-NEUTRAL DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108801 | BARRIER PAPER | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | — |
| 18854242 | BARRIER PAPER | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18681318 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18568552 | COLOR-NEUTRAL DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108801 | BARRIER PAPER | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1785 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18854242 | BARRIER PAPER | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18681318 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18568552 | COLOR-NEUTRAL DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKoehler Innovation & Technology GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Elizabeth Evans Mulvaney has the most, with 1 of Koehler Innovation & Technology GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
