Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ryp Labs Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current chemistry activity. The concentration in a specialized division suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated within a single area, which may lead to a highly focused examination process.
The prosecution is handled by a distinct examiner, NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L, who is the busiest official for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The outcome of this company's current patent filing is dependent on the feedback and review of this specific examiner. Having only one official responsible for the entire active workload allows the legal team to focus exclusively on the specific preferences and procedural expectations of that individual.
While this centralized structure provides a clear point of contact, it also means the company's current prosecution success is tied to the perspective of the assigned reviewer. Practitioners should prioritize building a thorough understanding of the technical requirements and examination style favored by NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L. The outcome of the 1 pending action will be a significant indicator of the company's future trajectory within the Chemistry & Materials 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111708 | FRESHNESS ENHANCING LABELS, SHEETS, AND SACHETS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111708 | FRESHNESS ENHANCING LABELS, SHEETS, AND SACHETS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111708 | FRESHNESS ENHANCING LABELS, SHEETS, AND SACHETS | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialRyp Labs Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patricia L Nordmeyer has the most, with 1 of Ryp Labs Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
