Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Retsch GmbH currently manages 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KWAK, DEAN P, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The data indicates that there are 0 distinct art units associated with this prosecution, suggesting the matter may be in a transitional or unassigned state. With only 1 pending office action, the current focus is centered on a single examiner's review.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 50.8% | +56.0% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997374 | LABORATORY MILL, GRINDING BOWL FOR A LABORATORY MILL AND ARRANGEMENT WITH A LABORATORY MILL AND WITH A GRINDING BOWL | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18730118 | LABORATORY MILL AND SAMPLE HOLDER FOR A LABORATORY MILL | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997374 | LABORATORY MILL, GRINDING BOWL FOR A LABORATORY MILL AND ARRANGEMENT WITH A LABORATORY MILL AND WITH A GRINDING BOWL | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18730118 | LABORATORY MILL AND SAMPLE HOLDER FOR A LABORATORY MILL | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997374 | LABORATORY MILL, GRINDING BOWL FOR A LABORATORY MILL AND ARRANGEMENT WITH A LABORATORY MILL AND WITH A GRINDING BOWL | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18730118 | LABORATORY MILL AND SAMPLE HOLDER FOR A LABORATORY MILL | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRetsch GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Christopher L Templeton has the most, with 1 of Retsch GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
