Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Röhm GmbH has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 examiners across 6 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some shared art-unit coverage. A portfolio process should therefore track both application-specific issues and art-unit patterns.
MCCAIG, BRIAN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner-level concentration is shown, so a common response approach should not be assumed. Counsel can use the shared art-unit structure to identify related technical issues while preserving separate prosecution strategies for each examiner record.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (88%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1 | 80.5% | +13.3% |
| HEINCER, LIAM J | 1 | 55.8% | +26.0% |
| PAK, HANNAH J | 1 | 78.2% | +21.3% |
| STANLEY, JANE L | 1 | 58.2% | +29.2% |
| HUHN, RICHARD A | 1 | 67.1% | +5.7% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.0% | +17.0% |
| EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1 | 69.7% | +14.7% |
| RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1 | 45.5% | +33.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| 18559757 | UNSATURATED ESTERS CONTAINING AN ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING AND STABILIZING THE YELLOWNESS INDEX | HUHN, RICHARD A | — |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| 17905888 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR INTUMESCENT COATINGS | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | — |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | — |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| 18002974 | OPTICAL GRADE MOULDING COMPOSITIONS HAVING INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | — |
| 17905888 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR INTUMESCENT COATINGS | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1764 | 2 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18685379 | PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18294692 | POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18294449 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS | PAK, HANNAH J | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18291851 | OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION | STANLEY, JANE L | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18559757 | UNSATURATED ESTERS CONTAINING AN ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING AND STABILIZING THE YELLOWNESS INDEX | HUHN, RICHARD A | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18252546 | POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18002974 | OPTICAL GRADE MOULDING COMPOSITIONS HAVING INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17905888 | IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR INTUMESCENT COATINGS | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRöhm GmbH has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
Brian A Mccaig has the most, with 1 of Röhm GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
