Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (70%)
3
Easy (30%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (60%)
§112 only3 (30%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
5
Business / Other
50% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GREEN, ANTHONY J 1 85.1% +13.3%
WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1 86.2% -20.3%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.3% +17.4%
TESKIN, FRED M 1 89.6% +7.9%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.4% +23.6%
CAMPBELL, THOR S 1 74.9% +0.6%
MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1 100.0% +0.0%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 56.9% +29.4%
BARCENA, CARLOS 1 80.5% +12.3%
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 67.2% +37.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18267985 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IRON OXYHYDROXIDE MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 10d overdue
18721941 METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS GREEN, ANTHONY J
18682955 PROCESS FOR PREPARING CRESOL FROM DITOLYLETHER WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A
18560438 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ANION EXCHANGERS TESKIN, FRED M
18570452 PHOSPHATE ESTER HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS FOR IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM BARCENA, CARLOS

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17414909 Multilayer system of at least three polyester layers, production thereof and use thereof CHEN, VIVIAN 110d overdue
18721941 METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS GREEN, ANTHONY J
18570099 ORGANOSILYL POLYSULFIDES AND RUBBER MIXTURES CONTAINING SAME BUTCHER, ROBERT T
18289848 SPIRAL JET MILL AND METHOD FOR GRINDING MATERIALS TO BE GROUND IN A SPIRAL JET MILL ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18570452 PHOSPHATE ESTER HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS FOR IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM BARCENA, CARLOS
17925185 METABOLIC INHIBITORS WITH EFFICACY FOR INHIBITING SULFIDE PRODUCTION IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3725 1
3761 1
1738 1
1787 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18721941 METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS GREEN, ANTHONY J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18682955 PROCESS FOR PREPARING CRESOL FROM DITOLYLETHER WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18570099 ORGANOSILYL POLYSULFIDES AND RUBBER MIXTURES CONTAINING SAME BUTCHER, ROBERT T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18560438 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ANION EXCHANGERS TESKIN, FRED M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18289848 SPIRAL JET MILL AND METHOD FOR GRINDING MATERIALS TO BE GROUND IN A SPIRAL JET MILL ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18285864 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING BEVERAGES CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18267985 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IRON OXYHYDROXIDE MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1738 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
17414909 Multilayer system of at least three polyester layers, production thereof and use thereof CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103Other Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2021
18570452 PHOSPHATE ESTER HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS FOR IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM BARCENA, CARLOS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
17925185 METABOLIC INHIBITORS WITH EFFICACY FOR INHIBITING SULFIDE PRODUCTION IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2022

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