Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Wmf GmbH has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, with no repeated assignment at either level in the listed data.
REINHOLDT JR., STEVEN B is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket therefore calls for separate review of each application and its examination setting, rather than a shared examiner or art-unit strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REINHOLDT JR., STEVEN B | 1 | 97.1% | +1.8% |
| KERR, ANDREW G | 1 | 96.8% | -3.4% |
| BECKER, DREW E | 1 | 49.0% | +0.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35527628 | Coffee machine | REINHOLDT JR., STEVEN B | — |
| 35526686 | Coffee maker | KERR, ANDREW G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027034 | Beverage Maker With Controllable Operation And Method For Controlling The Operation Of A Beverage Maker | BECKER, DREW E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2951 | 1 |
| 2921 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35527628 | Coffee machine | REINHOLDT JR., STEVEN B | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 35526686 | Coffee maker | KERR, ANDREW G | 2921 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19027034 | Beverage Maker With Controllable Operation And Method For Controlling The Operation Of A Beverage Maker | BECKER, DREW E | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialWmf GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Steven B Reinholdt Jr. has the most, with 1 of Wmf GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
