Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 examiners and 4 art units, indicating that each reported action is assigned separately across the examination structure.
BERNATZ, KEVIN M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate the portfolio at the docket level while developing responses that reflect each individual examiner and art-unit assignment.
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 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNATZ, KEVIN M | 1 | 87.8% | +12.3% |
| ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 1 | 83.5% | +32.5% |
| DINH, BACH T | 1 | 55.5% | +31.1% |
| CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | 1 | 71.4% | +28.9% |
| WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1 | 73.8% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570985 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL | BERNATZ, KEVIN M | — |
| 18293130 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESSING A REINFORCING SLEEVE ONTO A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 18576570 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A GRAPHITE BIPOLAR PLATE BY ADHESIVELY BONDING MONOPOLAR PLATES, AND BIPOLAR PLATE AND FUEL CELL OR REDOX FLOW BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18557986 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL OR A REDOX FLOW BATTERY, HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE REGION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID FLOW FIELD PLATE | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570985 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL | BERNATZ, KEVIN M | — |
| 18293130 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESSING A REINFORCING SLEEVE ONTO A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 18576570 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A GRAPHITE BIPOLAR PLATE BY ADHESIVELY BONDING MONOPOLAR PLATES, AND BIPOLAR PLATE AND FUEL CELL OR REDOX FLOW BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18557986 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL OR A REDOX FLOW BATTERY, HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE REGION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID FLOW FIELD PLATE | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | — |
| 18264140 | METHOD FOR FORMING A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON A GRAPHITE-CONTAINING MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BIPOLAR PLATE, AND BIPOLAR PLATE, AND FUEL CELL OR FLOW BATTERY HAVING SUCH A BIPOLAR PLATE | WEST, ROBERT GENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18570985 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL | BERNATZ, KEVIN M | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18293130 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESSING A REINFORCING SLEEVE ONTO A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 3729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18576570 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A GRAPHITE BIPOLAR PLATE BY ADHESIVELY BONDING MONOPOLAR PLATES, AND BIPOLAR PLATE AND FUEL CELL OR REDOX FLOW BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18557986 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL OR A REDOX FLOW BATTERY, HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE REGION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID FLOW FIELD PLATE | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18264140 | METHOD FOR FORMING A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON A GRAPHITE-CONTAINING MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BIPOLAR PLATE, AND BIPOLAR PLATE, AND FUEL CELL OR FLOW BATTERY HAVING SUCH A BIPOLAR PLATE | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSchunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Kevin M Bernatz has the most, with 1 of Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
