Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
R + L Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, MCKENZIE, THOMAS B, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. Prosecution is concentrated in a distinct art unit. The narrow focus of this portfolio suggests a highly specific technical scope. Practitioners should note that the entire pending workload rests with a single examiner, making individual examiner tendencies critical for overall strategy.
The presence of a pending office action in the chemistry sector indicates a streamlined but high-stakes prosecution environment. Because the portfolio is limited to a single distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit, there is no internal baseline for comparing examiner behavior or art unit efficiency. Success for R + L Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) depends on navigating the specific requirements of the assigned individual. This concentration under a single point of review simplifies administrative tracking but increases the impact of any single procedural hurdle.
In the context of Chemistry & Materials, where examination can be highly technical, having a distinct art unit involved suggests a consistent application of subject matter standards. However, the reliance on a distinct examiner means that the company's patent trajectory is currently subject to a single perspective. Practitioners should focus on the historical allowance rates and common rejection types associated with the examiner to optimize their response strategy for the pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1 | 57.5% | +22.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551565 | HYDROCYCLONE DEGASSING DEVICE | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551565 | HYDROCYCLONE DEGASSING DEVICE | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18551565 | HYDROCYCLONE DEGASSING DEVICE | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialR + L Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thomas B Mckenzie has the most, with 1 of R + L Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
