Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wella Germany GmbH is managing 5 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio shows significant diversification, with 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units each handling a portion of the workload. PALLAY, MICHAEL B is the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending action.
The distribution of 5 actions across 5 examiners and 5 art units suggests a broad range of technical scrutiny. Practitioners should expect a variety of procedural approaches given the lack of examiner overlap. This one to one ratio between filings and administrative units necessitates a highly individualized approach to each application.
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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1 | 55.8% | +33.8% |
| BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI | 1 | 62.5% | +31.3% |
| ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1 | 41.2% | +65.2% |
| NGUYEN, PETER | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837463 | VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18703282 | WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION | BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI | — |
| 18454579 | SULFATE-FREE SHAMPOO | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | — |
| 18453944 | SELECTION OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND APPLICABLE ON A CLASS OF HUMAN HAIRS | NGUYEN, PETER | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837463 | VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18703282 | WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION | BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI | — |
| 18454579 | SULFATE-FREE SHAMPOO | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18837463 | VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18703282 | WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION | BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18454579 | SULFATE-FREE SHAMPOO | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18453944 | SELECTION OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND APPLICABLE ON A CLASS OF HUMAN HAIRS | NGUYEN, PETER | 1685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWella Germany GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Michael B Pallay has the most, with 1 of Wella Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
