Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 29, 2026

Andritz AG

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1 63.3% +35.0%
CHO, DAVID H 1 31.8% +78.9%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 60.3% +27.8%
CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 1 89.7% +12.5%

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
18452784 SEAL STRIP TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 34d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18409748 REFINER PLATE TO PREVENT GROOVES PLUGGING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18452784 SEAL STRIP TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 34d
18895122 ARRANGEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF MONITORING SENSORS OF A TREATMENT VESSEL FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW —
17778297 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE CARBAMATE CHO, DAVID H —
18409748 REFINER PLATE TO PREVENT GROOVES PLUGGING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1748 1
1693 1
3725 1
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18895122 ARRANGEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF MONITORING SENSORS OF A TREATMENT VESSEL FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
17778297 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE CARBAMATE CHO, DAVID H 1693 §102DP Final Rejection — Pending May 19, 2022
18409748 REFINER PLATE TO PREVENT GROOVES PLUGGING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2024
18452784 SEAL STRIP TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 21, 2023

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