Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a very specific technical concentration. The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner managing one of the 2 pending office actions. This allows the company to receive feedback from two different sources within the same specialized USPTO group.
GERTH, KATIE L is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. While the company's current activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the presence of 2 distinct examiners means that prosecution outcomes will depend on two different individual reviews. This structure allows for a focused approach within a single art unit while still dealing with multiple examiner perspectives. The company should monitor how these 2 distinct examiners interpret similar subject matter within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.7% | +16.9% |
| SMITH, JACOB A | 1 | 81.9% | +17.7% |
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19135180 | PRINTING ASSEMBLY, PRINTING METHOD AND MATERIAL WEB | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 18875563 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | SMITH, JACOB A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19135180 | PRINTING ASSEMBLY, PRINTING METHOD AND MATERIAL WEB | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 18875563 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | SMITH, JACOB A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135180 | PRINTING ASSEMBLY, PRINTING METHOD AND MATERIAL WEB | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 18875563 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18845553 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING PLANT, AND PRINTING PLANT AND COMBINATION CONSISTING OF A PRINTING PLANT OF THIS TYPE AND A CORRUGATED BOARD PLANT | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
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