Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within a distinct art unit. The prosecution for this portfolio is highly centralized, as all current activity is focused on a unique point of contact within the patent office's materials science divisions. This concentration allows for a dedicated focus on the specific technical requirements of the materials sector.
JEFFREY EUGENE BARZACH is the busiest examiner for the company, holding the portfolio's current pending case. Because there is only the assigned examiner involved, JEFFREY EUGENE BARZACH is responsible for the entirety of the company's current pending workload. The presence of a distinct art unit confirms that the company's current legal efforts are concentrated in a specific technical niche. This streamlined profile suggests a straightforward prosecution path involving the assigned examiner and specialized unit. With only the current matter to manage, the company can focus its resources on this specific interaction to ensure all technical nuances are addressed during the examination process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 56.9% | +39.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18816870 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR TREATING RAW-MEAL IN A CEMENT CLINKER MANUFACTURING PROCESS | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18816870 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR TREATING RAW-MEAL IN A CEMENT CLINKER MANUFACTURING PROCESS | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18816870 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR TREATING RAW-MEAL IN A CEMENT CLINKER MANUFACTURING PROCESS | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSüdbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jeffrey Eugene Barzach has the most, with 1 of Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
