Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Macdermid Enthone Inc.

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.7% +28.6%
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 73.0% +17.8%
LU, JIONG-PING 1 83.5% +7.9%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.8% +2.8%
OH, JIYOUNG 1 75.6% +25.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18534907 SUPPRESSION OF MANGANESE DIOXIDE FORMATION IN MANGANESE (III)-BASED ETCHING SOLUTIONS LU, JIONG-PING 16d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18836481 METHOD OF METALLIZATION WITH A NICKEL OR COBALT ALLOY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
18534819 Compositions and Methods for the Electrodeposition of Nanotwinned Copper CARR, DEBORAH D

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18836481 METHOD OF METALLIZATION WITH A NICKEL OR COBALT ALLOY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
18578049 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE ELETRODEPOSITION OF NANOTWINNED COPPER HASKE, WOJCIECH
18030158 Process for Fabricating a 3D-NAND Flash Memory OH, JIYOUNG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 1
1794 1
1713 1
2818 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18836481 METHOD OF METALLIZATION WITH A NICKEL OR COBALT ALLOY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18578049 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE ELETRODEPOSITION OF NANOTWINNED COPPER HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18534907 SUPPRESSION OF MANGANESE DIOXIDE FORMATION IN MANGANESE (III)-BASED ETCHING SOLUTIONS LU, JIONG-PING 1713 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18534819 Compositions and Methods for the Electrodeposition of Nanotwinned Copper CARR, DEBORAH D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18030158 Process for Fabricating a 3D-NAND Flash Memory OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2023

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