Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 3 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
AB Sandvik Coromant currently faces 9 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio demonstrates a broad examiner engagement strategy, with 9 distinct examiners assigned to these matters. This equal ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests that no single individual has a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio status.
The active cases are concentrated within 3 distinct art units, showing that while the examiners are varied, the technical focus remains relatively specialized. GAMBETTA, KELLY M is the busiest examiner for the company, though this individual is responsible for only 1 pending office action. For practitioners, this distribution means that prosecution success depends on navigating the specific tendencies of many different examiners rather than building a relationship with a single high-volume official. The concentration in a small number of art units provides some stability in the technical rules applied to the applications. This requires a strategy that balances individual examiner preferences with broader art unit standards.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (60%) |
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% | +33.1% |
| SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | 1 | 71.8% | +4.9% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 1 | 74.0% | +14.3% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| PRONE, JASON D | 1 | 61.9% | +25.3% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.6% |
| RUFO, RYAN C | 1 | 58.9% | +40.8% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.2% | +43.6% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.5% | +49.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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 | — |
| 18922817 | END MILL WITH ARCUATE CUTTING EDGES | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18524016 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CUTTING TOOL BODY | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18563612 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18922817 | END MILL WITH ARCUATE CUTTING EDGES | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18717451 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION AND SUCH A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18692459 | FACE MILLING CUTTER AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A SURFACE ON A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF SUCH A FACE MILLING CUTTER | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18524016 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CUTTING TOOL BODY | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18563612 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 4 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19273395 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 18869881 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18922817 | END MILL WITH ARCUATE CUTTING EDGES | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18717451 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION AND SUCH A DRILL TOOL CUTTING SECTION | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18692459 | FACE MILLING CUTTER AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A SURFACE ON A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF SUCH A FACE MILLING CUTTER | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18524016 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CUTTING TOOL BODY | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18563612 | COATED CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 3726 | §102§103§112Other | 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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