Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Andritz AG

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
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%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHO, DAVID H 2 38.5% +72.7%
MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 1 69.3% +19.6%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.0% +25.3%
EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 1 83.6% +23.1%
KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE 1 56.5% +30.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18281724 OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING PLANT DEVICES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 17d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18281724 OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING PLANT DEVICES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 17d overdue
18820656 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS IN SUCTION ROLLERS MERCADO, ALEXANDER A
18409748 REFINER PLATE TO PREVENT GROOVES PLUGGING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK
18556879 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE CHO, DAVID H
18260762 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLAME MONITORING AND CONTROL KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE
17778297 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE CARBAMATE CHO, DAVID H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1693 2
3725 1
2117 1
2118 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18820656 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS IN SUCTION ROLLERS MERCADO, ALEXANDER A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18409748 REFINER PLATE TO PREVENT GROOVES PLUGGING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2024
18281724 OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING PLANT DEVICES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18556879 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2023
18260762 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLAME MONITORING AND CONTROL KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
17778297 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE CARBAMATE CHO, DAVID H 1693 Other Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2022

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