Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Dennemeyer & Associates, LLC (Wella)

5 pending office actions • 3 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1857 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1857
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1857
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1071
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1071
1005 days
Time to Allowance
n=1071
+15.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1857
23.6%
RCE Rate
n=1857
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1857

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.0%
§101 Overcome
n=38
79.6%
§102 Overcome
n=93
70.4%
§103 Overcome
n=469
87.4%
§112 Overcome
n=175

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, A61Q
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1857
2
Practitioners
n=1857
928.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1857

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.5% +28.2%
PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1 55.8% +34.5%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.9%
WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1 18.2% +69.4%
STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1 12.5% +42.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18003154 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH AN ORGANIC POLYMER - ALKOXYSILYL COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 19d overdue
18003151 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH A CARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMER - CDI COMPOSITION STEINKE, SEAN JAMES

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18003154 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH AN ORGANIC POLYMER - ALKOXYSILYL COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 19d overdue
18922929 Cosmetical use of a topically applicable rinse-of composition (RC) KASSA, TIGABU
18703265 WATER REDUCED COMPACT CONDITIONER COMPOSITION PALLAY, MICHAEL B
18255027 ANTI-HAIR-LOSS COMPOSITION YOUNG, MICAH PAUL
18003151 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH A CARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMER - CDI COMPOSITION STEINKE, SEAN JAMES

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
WELLA GERMANY GMBH 3
Michael A. Brook 1
Claus Schreiner 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16171
16181
16161
16191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18922929 Cosmetical use of a topically applicable rinse-of composition (RC) Wella Germany GmbH KASSA, TIGABU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18703265 WATER REDUCED COMPACT CONDITIONER COMPOSITION Wella Germany GmbH PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2024
18255027 ANTI-HAIR-LOSS COMPOSITION Wella Germany GmbH YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18003154 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH AN ORGANIC POLYMER - ALKOXYSILYL COMPOSITION Michael A. Brook WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18003151 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH A CARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMER - CDI COMPOSITION Claus Schreiner STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022

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