Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action involves a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution activity follows this technical and administrative path. Because the portfolio is active in a distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy can be specialized to the chemistry-related examination standards of that group. This helps in addressing the pending office action with technical precision.

KRUPICKA, ADAM C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This figure constitutes the full extent of the company's current office action activity. The total pending actions match the workload of this examiner. For the applicant, the progress of the portfolio is dependent on the review and feedback of KRUPICKA, ADAM C. Having a distinct examiner involved defines the management of the company's active patent applications and the response process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1 62.1% +27.0%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18841428 Steel Wire and Spring with Excellent Antibacterial Properties and Corrosion Resistance and Method for Manufacturing the Same KRUPICKA, ADAM C —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1784 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18841428 Steel Wire and Spring with Excellent Antibacterial Properties and Corrosion Resistance and Method for Manufacturing the Same KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH have?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH applications?

Adam C Krupicka has the most, with 1 of Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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