Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Bobst Mex S.A.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (12%)
5
Medium (62%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only5 (62%)
§112 only2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN 1 78.3% +20.2%
SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D 1 90.2% +6.2%
KOETH, MICHELLE M 1 77.3% +16.4%
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 1 68.6% +37.9%
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 1 34.6% +77.3%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 20.0% +88.9%
SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 1 76.3% +35.7%
LAKHANI, ANDREW C 1 21.8% +29.3%

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
18785194 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DRYING PROCEDURE OF A PRINTED PRODUCT AND INDUSTRIAL PRINTING MACHINE SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D 63d

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18257198 TOOL CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE
17455121 METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICITY INFORMATION LAKHANI, ANDREW C

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18262600 SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING TOOL, SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING STATION, AND SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING MACHINE WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 45d overdue
18313404 METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE DOWNTIME OF A PRODUCTION MACHINE SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 23d
18572926 SHEET PROCESSING MACHINE KOETH, MICHELLE M 55d
19150325 MEASURING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPENSATION SHEET JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN
18563659 CLAMPING DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A REEL HAVING A TUBULAR CORE MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD
18257198 TOOL CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE
17455121 METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICITY INFORMATION LAKHANI, ANDREW C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3724 2
3731 1
2853 1
2671 1
3654 1
2116 1
3629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19150325 MEASURING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPENSATION SHEET JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN 3731 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2025
18785194 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DRYING PROCEDURE OF A PRINTED PRODUCT AND INDUSTRIAL PRINTING MACHINE SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D 2853 §112 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18572926 SHEET PROCESSING MACHINE KOETH, MICHELLE M 2671 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18563659 CLAMPING DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A REEL HAVING A TUBULAR CORE MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18262600 SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING TOOL, SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING STATION, AND SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING MACHINE WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18257198 TOOL CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18313404 METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE DOWNTIME OF A PRODUCTION MACHINE SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 08, 2023
17455121 METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICITY INFORMATION LAKHANI, ANDREW C 3629 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2021

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