Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
AB Sandvik Coromant has 10 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio spans 10 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing complete examiner dispersion but repeated activity within the art-unit structure.
GAMBETTA, KELLY M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should therefore focus on art-unit coordination and consistent internal positions while preparing separately for each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.0% |
| VITALE, MICHAEL J | 1 | 67.2% | +34.9% |
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.1% | +17.4% |
| SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | 1 | 71.9% | +5.3% |
| FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 1 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| RUFO, RYAN C | 1 | 59.0% | +40.8% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.3% | +43.3% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279432 | METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 28d overdue |
| 19273395 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 19127548 | MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR CHAMFERING FLANK EDGES OF TEETH ON A CYLINDRICAL TOOTHED WORKPIECE | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18281599 | METHOD FOR A CNC-LATHE | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279432 | METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 28d overdue |
| 18220961 | THERMOSET BODY COUNTERSINK | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 2d overdue |
| 19273395 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 19127548 | MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR CHAMFERING FLANK EDGES OF TEETH ON A CYLINDRICAL TOOTHED WORKPIECE | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 19110667 | DOUBLE-SIDED NEGATIVE CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18717451 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION AND SUCH A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18563612 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18281599 | METHOD FOR A CNC-LATHE | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 3 |
| 3726 | 3 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19273395 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19127548 | MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR CHAMFERING FLANK EDGES OF TEETH ON A CYLINDRICAL TOOTHED WORKPIECE | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19110667 | DOUBLE-SIDED NEGATIVE CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | SALONE, BAYAN | 3722 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18869881 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18717451 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION AND SUCH A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18563612 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 3726 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18281599 | METHOD FOR A CNC-LATHE | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18279432 | METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18220961 | THERMOSET BODY COUNTERSINK | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAB Sandvik Coromant has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 9 examiners.
Kelly M Gambetta has the most, with 1 of AB Sandvik Coromant's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
