Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Zobele Holding S.p.A. has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio involves 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating some concentration at both levels.

CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. Those matters may benefit from coordinated review of shared technical positions, while the remaining matters require assignment-specific analysis.

The repeated examiner and art-unit assignments support a practical opportunity to compare claim amendments and prior-art responses before filing further prosecution papers.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 1 32.2% +57.5%
TRAN, LEN 1 15.6% +25.2%
HINES, JANA A 1 53.2% +39.4%
WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 1 61.3% +39.4%
KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 1 63.3% +21.6%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 53.0% +34.0%
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1 54.1% +75.7%
WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 1 50.3% +51.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18561817 DISINFECTION COMPOSITION HINES, JANA A 37d overdue
18719288 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES TRAN, LEN 22d overdue
17418403 DEVICE FOR TRAPPING INSECTS JORDAN, MORGAN T 55d
16316070 VOLATILE SUBSTANCE EVAPORATION DEVICE WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 71d
19105406 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18022285 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 56d overdue
18561817 DISINFECTION COMPOSITION HINES, JANA A 37d overdue
18719288 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES TRAN, LEN 22d overdue
17418403 DEVICE FOR TRAPPING INSECTS JORDAN, MORGAN T 55d
16316070 VOLATILE SUBSTANCE EVAPORATION DEVICE WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 71d
19105406 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA —
17766741 DEVICE FOR DIFFUSING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES KIM, CHRISTOPHER S —
16958795 Laundry Additive for Removing Stains DELCOTTO, GREGORY R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3643 2
3761 2
3763 1
1645 1
3752 1
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19105406 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
18719288 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES TRAN, LEN 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18561817 DISINFECTION COMPOSITION HINES, JANA A 1645 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18022285 DEVICE FOR EVAPORATING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
17766741 DEVICE FOR DIFFUSING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 06, 2022
17418403 DEVICE FOR TRAPPING INSECTS JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 25, 2021
16958795 Laundry Additive for Removing Stains DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 29, 2020
16316070 VOLATILE SUBSTANCE EVAPORATION DEVICE WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 08, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A. have?

ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A. applications?

Hae Rie Jessica Byun has the most, with 1 of ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are ZOBELE HOLDING S.P.A.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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