Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Merz + Benteli AG currently manages 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DODDS, SCOTT, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action in the portfolio, the prosecution is fully concentrated under this single examiner. This simplified structure allows for a direct and focused approach to the pending matter. The 1 pending office action represents the company's total current active engagement with the USPTO, making the interaction with DODDS, SCOTT the primary focus of its prosecution efforts.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODDS, SCOTT | 1 | 68.1% | +34.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997711 | SILANE-TERMINATED POLYMERS | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997711 | SILANE-TERMINATED POLYMERS | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997711 | SILANE-TERMINATED POLYMERS | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMerz + Benteli AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Scott Dodds has the most, with 1 of Merz + Benteli AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
