Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tesa SE

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

10
Hard (53%)
8
Medium (42%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (37%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

19
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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WALSHON, SCOTT R 5 50.9% +20.8%
DESAI, ANISH P 3 44.8% +7.5%
DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 2 44.5% -14.4%
MUSSER, BARBARA J 1 70.9% +27.3%
NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1 56.5% +37.1%
GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1 52.6% +2.1%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 1 49.5% +53.9%
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 28.8% +37.1%
ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1 58.8% -34.7%
FIGG, LAURA B 1 57.6% +23.6%

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278469 MULTILAYER ADHESIVE STRIP WITH FOAMED SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED COMPOUNDS FOR IMPROVING COLD SHOCK RESISTANCE DESAI, ANISH P 51d overdue
18021301 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION DESAI, ANISH P 34d
18289618 MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM, MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY AND USE OF A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 65d
19123670 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE ROLLS PROVIDED WITH ADHESIVE ELEMENTS, AND REFILLED CARTRIDGE UNIT MUSSER, BARBARA J
18848608 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATE ITEMS SUCH AS ESPECIALLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHOD FOR JACKETING DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D
18848618 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATE ITEMS SUCH AS ESPECIALLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHOD FOR JACKETING DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D
18646359 CHEMICAL-RESISTANT REACTIVE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE WALSHON, SCOTT R
18640414 SELF-ADHESIVE TAPE WITH MOPP CARRIER WALSHON, SCOTT R

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18095886 POLY(METH)ACRYLATE-BASED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE RUBBER RIOJA, MELISSA A 6d
18289618 MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM, MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY AND USE OF A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 65d
19123670 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE ROLLS PROVIDED WITH ADHESIVE ELEMENTS, AND REFILLED CARTRIDGE UNIT MUSSER, BARBARA J
18709224 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR APPLYING TO AND REMOVING BY TWISTING OFF OR PRYING OFF OBJECTS FROM DELICATE SUBSTRATES WALSHON, SCOTT R
18646359 CHEMICAL-RESISTANT REACTIVE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE WALSHON, SCOTT R
18643234 REACTIVE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ELEMENT WALSHON, SCOTT R
18640414 SELF-ADHESIVE TAPE WITH MOPP CARRIER WALSHON, SCOTT R
18374502 CURABLE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE HAVING IMPROVED ADHESIVE PROPERTIES WALSHON, SCOTT R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 5
1788 4
1746 2
1781 2
1764 2
1745 1
1789 1
1766 1
1787 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19123670 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE ROLLS PROVIDED WITH ADHESIVE ELEMENTS, AND REFILLED CARTRIDGE UNIT MUSSER, BARBARA J 1746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2025
18848608 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATE ITEMS SUCH AS ESPECIALLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHOD FOR JACKETING DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1745 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18848618 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATE ITEMS SUCH AS ESPECIALLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHOD FOR JACKETING DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1746 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18845277 Curable adhesive substance with improved punchability DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18709224 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR APPLYING TO AND REMOVING BY TWISTING OFF OR PRYING OFF OBJECTS FROM DELICATE SUBSTRATES WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18646359 CHEMICAL-RESISTANT REACTIVE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18643234 REACTIVE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ELEMENT WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18640414 SELF-ADHESIVE TAPE WITH MOPP CARRIER WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18289618 MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM, MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY AND USE OF A MATERIAL TAPE SYSTEM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §102§103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18374502 CURABLE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE HAVING IMPROVED ADHESIVE PROPERTIES WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18278469 MULTILAYER ADHESIVE STRIP WITH FOAMED SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED COMPOUNDS FOR IMPROVING COLD SHOCK RESISTANCE DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18235537 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATE ITEMS SUCH AS ESPECIALLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHODS FOR JACKETING GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18021301 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 14, 2023
18095886 POLY(METH)ACRYLATE-BASED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE RUBBER RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 11, 2023
17966220 Adhesive tape and method for jacketing elongated items, especially leads GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2022
17949641 PRIMER FOR PRODUCING A PARTABLE ADHESIVE BOND ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17896308 ADHESIVE TAPE WITH CROSSLINKED POLYURETHANE CARRIER FIGG, LAURA B 1781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17797155 HIGH Tg ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS WITH NITROGEN-CONTAINING AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC GROUP HUHN, RICHARD A 1764 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17281751 LATENTLY REACTIVE ADHESIVE FILM MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2021

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