Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wirtz Manufacturing Company Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a concentrated interaction with the patent office for the current portfolio. This focus allows the company to dedicate its resources to a specific set of claims and ensure that its chemical innovations are clearly distinguished from the prior art. Such a centralized prosecution effort is often more efficient and allows for a very dedicated legal strategy that addresses the examiner's specific concerns.
The activity is located within a distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized technical review for the company's technology. CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT, is the busiest examiner, currently managing the pending office action. The outcome of this prosecution will determine the company's immediate success in protecting its chemical innovations. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's specific requirements and past decisions to effectively navigate the pending matter and ensure that the company's intellectual property goals are successfully achieved.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1 | 66.0% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426967 | METHOD OF MAKING PLATES WITH PURE LEAD GRIDS FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY MANUFACTURE | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426967 | METHOD OF MAKING PLATES WITH PURE LEAD GRIDS FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY MANUFACTURE | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18426967 | METHOD OF MAKING PLATES WITH PURE LEAD GRIDS FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY MANUFACTURE | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWirtz Manufacturing Company Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert Scott Carrico has the most, with 1 of Wirtz Manufacturing Company Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
