Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lpkf Laser & Electronics SE has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is currently being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners suggests a fragmented prosecution landscape. Because each of the pending office actions is assigned to a different individual, the applicant cannot rely on a single examiner's feedback to predict outcomes across the rest of the portfolio.
ETHAN A UTT is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only managing 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct art units involved, the company's legal strategy must account for diverse procedural environments despite the small number of total actions. The involvement of the distinct examiners means that separate sets of examiner interviews or communications may be required to resolve the current pending matters.
The presence of the art units for the 3 pending office actions indicates that the subject matter is technically diverse within the Chemistry & Materials field. This requires the applicant to be familiar with the specific examination practices of different administrative groups. Maintaining consistency in claim language and arguments will be a priority when dealing with the distinct examiners who are not sharing a common art unit or supervisory chain.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTT, ETHAN A | 1 | 48.1% | +40.6% |
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 1 | 74.7% | +23.5% |
| SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 62.6% | +27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880433 | GLASS MICROSTRUCTURE, MICRO-MECHANICS, AND ASSOCIATED USE | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| 18337541 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER MADE OF GLASS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE SUBSTRATE CARRIER | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18040231 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS, AND PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880433 | GLASS MICROSTRUCTURE, MICRO-MECHANICS, AND ASSOCIATED USE | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
| 18337541 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER MADE OF GLASS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE SUBSTRATE CARRIER | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18040231 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS, AND PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880433 | GLASS MICROSTRUCTURE, MICRO-MECHANICS, AND ASSOCIATED USE | UTT, ETHAN A | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18337541 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER MADE OF GLASS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE SUBSTRATE CARRIER | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18040231 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS, AND PLASTIC PARTS WITH GLASS INSERTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLpkf Laser & Electronics SE has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Ethan A Utt has the most, with 1 of Lpkf Laser & Electronics SE's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
