Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nanowired GmbH operates within the Chemistry & Materials technology area and currently has 4 pending office actions. These actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, showing a concentration of work compared to the total number of actions. The prosecution is organized within 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's innovations fall into closely related technical categories.
RUFO, LOUIS J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio and is currently handling 2 pending office actions. This means that 2 of the company's 4 pending office actions are under the supervision of a single individual. The remaining pending office actions are split among the other 3 distinct examiners. Practitioners should note that the outcomes of RUFO, LOUIS J's reviews will have a significant impact on the overall success rate of the portfolio. Managing 4 actions across 2 art units requires a strategy that balances technical consistency with the specific preferences of 3 different examiners.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1 | 54.6% | +17.6% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.6% | +22.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279428 | Device and Method for the User-Friendly and Reliable Galvanic Growth of a Plurality of Nanowires | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | — |
| 18279234 | Galvanic Growth of Nanowires on a Substrate | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279428 | Device and Method for the User-Friendly and Reliable Galvanic Growth of a Plurality of Nanowires | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | — |
| 18279234 | Galvanic Growth of Nanowires on a Substrate | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18279428 | Device and Method for the User-Friendly and Reliable Galvanic Growth of a Plurality of Nanowires | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18279234 | Galvanic Growth of Nanowires on a Substrate | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNanowired GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Stefanie S Wittenberg has the most, with 1 of Nanowired GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
