Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rockline Industries Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, meaning that each active case is being reviewed in a unique technical and personnel environment. This distribution suggests that the company's current chemistry-related applications are distinct enough to be assigned to different specialized groups within the patent office. LORNA M DOUYON is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action.
With 2 pending actions split between multiple examiners, each individual is responsible for a single action. This requires the company to manage separate prosecution strategies, each tailored to the specific requirements of a different examiner and art unit. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company must navigate different sets of technical standards within the Chemistry & Materials field. Because there is no concentration of cases, the outcome of one pending office action is unlikely to directly influence the other. The current data reflects a decentralized approach to active filings in this sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUYON, LORNA M | 1 | 56.8% | +72.1% |
| KUMAR, RAKESH | 1 | 57.2% | +28.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17835359 | Wipe Package with Enlarged Dispensing Aperture | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18890022 | Rapid Dispersing Wet Wipe | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| 17835359 | Wipe Package with Enlarged Dispensing Aperture | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18890022 | Rapid Dispersing Wet Wipe | DOUYON, LORNA M | 1761 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 17835359 | Wipe Package with Enlarged Dispensing Aperture | KUMAR, RAKESH | 3651 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRockline Industries Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Lorna M Douyon has the most, with 1 of Rockline Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
