Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
Each action has a separate examination path, limiting the value of examiner-specific coordination. Counsel should review the semiconductor and optics issues independently while using shared internal standards for claim amendments and disclosure support. The small docket permits direct comparison without assuming that the two art units will apply identical approaches.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1 | 51.1% | +44.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVon Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James M Mellott has the most, with 1 of Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
