Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rodenstock GmbH currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused prosecution footprint at this time. The alignment of 1 pending office action with exactly 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts in the chemistry field.
ROLLAND, ALEX A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner involved in the company's current filings, prosecution strategy is currently centralized under this individual's review. This centralization means that the outcome of the company's pending work depends on the interactions with ROLLAND, ALEX A, providing a clear path for current prosecution efforts in the Chemistry & Materials area to proceed.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1 | 47.7% | +27.0% |
| WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 1 | 47.1% | +100.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17623993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SPECTACLE LENSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR WEARERS OF IMPLANTED INTRAOCULAR LENSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839834 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUBSTRATE ON ONE FACE WITH A TINT AND A FUNCTIONAL COLORATION | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 30d |
| 17623993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SPECTACLE LENSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR WEARERS OF IMPLANTED INTRAOCULAR LENSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839834 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUBSTRATE ON ONE FACE WITH A TINT AND A FUNCTIONAL COLORATION | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 17623993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SPECTACLE LENSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR WEARERS OF IMPLANTED INTRAOCULAR LENSES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 2188 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialRodenstock GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Alex A Rolland has the most, with 1 of Rodenstock GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
