Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Wacker Chemie AG

25 pending office actions • 14 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (40%)
11
Medium (44%)
4
Easy (16%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (44%)
§112 only4 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARTIN, RACHEL E 2 53.6% +56.4%
SERGENT, RABON A 2 54.8% +24.2%
MOORE, MARGARET G 2 68.0% +15.0%
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 2 78.9% +11.1%
KRUER, KEVIN R 1 26.9% +29.6%
MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1 79.0% +37.3%
YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1 54.4% +15.4%
BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1 41.7% +69.8%
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.4% +57.7%
PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE 1

Hard Cases (11)

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
17914178 COMPOSITIONS WHICH HAVE POLYESTER-POLYSILOXANE COPOLYMERS DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 147d overdue
18267785 FOAM CONTROL COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 51d overdue
18267792 METHOD FOR RECOVERING RESIDUAL MONOMERS IN THE PREPARATION OF VINYL ESTER-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS LEE, RIP A 17d overdue
18709817 METHOD FOR PREPARING L-CYSTEIC ACID MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 28d
18844412 A COMPOSITION KRUER, KEVIN R
18294548 METAL-PLATED LAMINATES CONTAINING POLYORGANOSILOXANES SERGENT, RABON A
18578733 DEFOAMING COMPOSITIONS WITH POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANES, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE RESINS, ALKYL ETHERS AND WITHOUT 2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-1,3-DIISOBUTYRYLOXYPENTANE PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE
18288829 ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES, COMPOSITIONS AND POWDER FORMULATIONS CONTAINING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF AS A DEFOAMER MOORE, MARGARET G

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18276346 LIQUID 1,3-DIOXOLANE COPOLYMERS SERGENT, RABON A 43d overdue
18032823 POLYMERIC ALKYL SILICATES PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 15d overdue
18700843 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION WITH CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON BLACK YOUNG, WILLIAM D 8d overdue
18015980 CROSS-LINKABLE ORGANOSILOXANE-MODIFIED REACTION RESINS MOORE, MARGARET G 5d overdue
18709817 METHOD FOR PREPARING L-CYSTEIC ACID MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 28d
18844412 A COMPOSITION KRUER, KEVIN R
17632936 BACTERIAL STRAIN FOR RELEASING A RECOMBINANT PROTEIN IN A FERMENTATION METHOD MARTIN, RACHEL E
18700760 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME BAEK, BONG-SOOK

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1764 5
1761 2
1692 2
1765 2
1762 2
1763 2
3635 1
1652 1
1651 1
1611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18844412 A COMPOSITION KRUER, KEVIN R 3635 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
17632936 BACTERIAL STRAIN FOR RELEASING A RECOMBINANT PROTEIN IN A FERMENTATION METHOD MARTIN, RACHEL E 1652 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18709817 METHOD FOR PREPARING L-CYSTEIC ACID MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 14, 2024
18700843 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION WITH CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON BLACK YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18700760 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18686454 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC PRINTING INK FOR CONTACTLESS PRINTING PROCESSES NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2024
18294548 METAL-PLATED LAMINATES CONTAINING POLYORGANOSILOXANES SERGENT, RABON A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18578733 DEFOAMING COMPOSITIONS WITH POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANES, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE RESINS, ALKYL ETHERS AND WITHOUT 2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-1,3-DIISOBUTYRYLOXYPENTANE PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18562423 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SILICON COMPOSITE NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18288829 ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES, COMPOSITIONS AND POWDER FORMULATIONS CONTAINING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF AS A DEFOAMER MOORE, MARGARET G 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18284303 STARCH HYBRID COPOLYMERS BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18280693 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES WITH UNSATURATED GROUPS PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18277398 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYDROXYTYROSOL MARTIN, RACHEL E 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18276346 LIQUID 1,3-DIOXOLANE COPOLYMERS SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18267792 METHOD FOR RECOVERING RESIDUAL MONOMERS IN THE PREPARATION OF VINYL ESTER-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS LEE, RIP A 1762 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18267785 FOAM CONTROL COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §103§112Other Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18265692 AN AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSION EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2023
18038449 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CROSS-LINKABLE MATERIALS BASED ON ORGANYLOXYSILANE-TERMINATED POLYMERS LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18032823 POLYMERIC ALKYL SILICATES PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18019845 SILICON CARBON COMPOSITE PARTICLES OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1725 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18015980 CROSS-LINKABLE ORGANOSILOXANE-MODIFIED REACTION RESINS MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
17923928 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING COLORANTS, PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAID COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17914178 COMPOSITIONS WHICH HAVE POLYESTER-POLYSILOXANE COPOLYMERS DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 1764 §102§103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17785057 SILICONE PARTICLES WITH A CROSS-LINKED CORE AND PREPARATION THEREOF LING, DORIS 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17636800 SILICONE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MOLDINGS BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 18, 2022

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