Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voco GmbH currently has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This distribution between actions, examiners, and units suggests that each matter is being prosecuted in a different technical environment within the USPTO. The involvement of 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's research spans multiple specialized fields within the Chemistry & Materials sector, which may require a diverse set of legal strategies. Practitioners should note that the workload is shared among several individuals.
LING, DORIS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is spread across the individuals involved. Practitioners should note that the distinct art units may have different examination timelines or procedural requirements. The 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials represent the current active prosecution pipeline for Voco GmbH, with 1 busiest examiner pending action assigned to the lead examiner. This structure allows for a diversified prosecution strategy where the outcome of one matter is less likely to be influenced by the specific biases of a single examiner. Practitioners can leverage the involvement of 3 distinct art units to identify potential trends in how the USPTO is treating the company's specific technical niche.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LING, DORIS | 1 | 25.0% | +27.3% |
| LEE, RIP A | 1 | 83.5% | -4.0% |
| KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO | 1 | 33.3% | +71.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442764 | FREE-RADICALLY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR 3D PRINTING OF DENTAL CROWNS, BRIDGES, PROSTHETIC TEETH OR FULL PROSTHESES | LING, DORIS | — |
| 18467472 | OPACITY CHANGE IN PRINTING RESINS | LEE, RIP A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052376 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, SILICA-FREE, STORAGE STABLE DENTAL ETCHING GEL | KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO | 19d |
| 18442764 | FREE-RADICALLY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR 3D PRINTING OF DENTAL CROWNS, BRIDGES, PROSTHETIC TEETH OR FULL PROSTHESES | LING, DORIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18442764 | FREE-RADICALLY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR 3D PRINTING OF DENTAL CROWNS, BRIDGES, PROSTHETIC TEETH OR FULL PROSTHESES | LING, DORIS | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18467472 | OPACITY CHANGE IN PRINTING RESINS | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18052376 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, SILICA-FREE, STORAGE STABLE DENTAL ETCHING GEL | KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialVoco GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Doris Ling has the most, with 1 of Voco GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
