Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
60% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 1 78.1% +17.3%
THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J 1 82.8% -18.6%
LE, UYEN CHAU N 1 25.0% +0.8%
ANDERSON, JOSHUA D 1 82.8% +30.6%
SAWYER, STEVEN T 1 72.5% +30.5%

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
18460632 Component Carrier Having Dielectric Layer With Conductively Filled Through Holes Tapering in Opposite Directions THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18061989 Method of Manufacturing a Component Carrier Metal Trace and a Component Carrier ANDERSON, JOSHUA D 2d overdue
18941214 Component Carrier With Embedded Interposer Laterally Between Electrically Conductive Structures of Stack BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS
18338287 Component Carrier and Method of Manufacturing the Same LE, UYEN CHAU N
17934243 Partially Filling a Component Carrier Opening in a Controlled Manner SAWYER, STEVEN T

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18061989 Method of Manufacturing a Component Carrier Metal Trace and a Component Carrier ANDERSON, JOSHUA D 2d overdue
18941214 Component Carrier With Embedded Interposer Laterally Between Electrically Conductive Structures of Stack BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS
17934243 Partially Filling a Component Carrier Opening in a Controlled Manner SAWYER, STEVEN T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2847 2
2874 1
3729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18941214 Component Carrier With Embedded Interposer Laterally Between Electrically Conductive Structures of Stack BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18460632 Component Carrier Having Dielectric Layer With Conductively Filled Through Holes Tapering in Opposite Directions THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J 2847 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 04, 2023
18338287 Component Carrier and Method of Manufacturing the Same LE, UYEN CHAU N 2874 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18061989 Method of Manufacturing a Component Carrier Metal Trace and a Component Carrier ANDERSON, JOSHUA D 3729 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17934243 Partially Filling a Component Carrier Opening in a Controlled Manner SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022

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