Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

AB Sandvik Coromant

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (83%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (83%)
§112 only2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAMOS, NICOLE N 4 81.2% +10.2%
DUMBRIS, SETH M 2 76.1% +17.0%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1 60.7% +28.8%
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1 71.0% +17.4%
CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 1 63.4% +33.8%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.1% +44.1%
YOO, JUN S 1 78.1% +21.1%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.1% +50.5%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18267190 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 77d overdue
18267181 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 45d overdue
18267198 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 44d overdue
18267208 METAL CUTTING TURNING METHOD RAMOS, NICOLE N 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18267190 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 77d overdue
18267181 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 45d overdue
18267198 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 44d overdue
18267208 METAL CUTTING TURNING METHOD RAMOS, NICOLE N 44d overdue
18287374 CUTTING TOOL CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 37d overdue
18279432 METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 28d overdue
18279456 METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL YOO, JUN S 26d overdue
18563259 COATED CUTTING TOOL DUMBRIS, SETH M 23d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3726 4
3722 4
1784 2
1783 1
1743 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18702448 COATED CUTTING TOOL DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18692431 COATED CUTTING TOOL KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18576798 SPLIT-DIE PRESS TOOL KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18563259 COATED CUTTING TOOL DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18287374 CUTTING TOOL CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18279432 METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18279456 METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL YOO, JUN S 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18220961 THERMOSET BODY COUNTERSINK HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18267198 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18267181 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18267190 METAL CUTTING TURNING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18267208 METAL CUTTING TURNING METHOD RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023

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