Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Andritz AG has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.
Each pending action appears to occupy a separate examiner and art-unit path. That distribution favors matter-by-matter prosecution planning, while a shared review of claim terminology may help maintain consistency across the chemistry and materials portfolio. The RUSSELL matter represents one of the two active examination paths, not a concentration of the overall docket.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.7% |
| BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1 | 54.9% | +19.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18820656 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS IN SUCTION ROLLERS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
| 18727924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BATTERIES TO BE RECYCLED AND PROCESSING PLANT | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18820656 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS IN SUCTION ROLLERS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
| 18727924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BATTERIES TO BE RECYCLED AND PROCESSING PLANT | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18820656 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS IN SUCTION ROLLERS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18727924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BATTERIES TO BE RECYCLED AND PROCESSING PLANT | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAndritz AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Alexander A Mercado has the most, with 1 of Andritz AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
