Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. currently has 9 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being processed by 9 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is assigned to a unique individual. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution efforts are not concentrated under any single individual's review style.
The portfolio is active across 6 distinct art units, reflecting significant technical breadth within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. ARIF, NOAH JACOB is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this examiner only manages 1 of the 9 pending office actions, the portfolio's administrative load is highly decentralized across the 6 distinct art units and 9 distinct examiners currently engaged.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIF, NOAH JACOB | 1 | — | — |
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | — | — |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
| RILEY, JONATHAN G | 1 | 52.2% | +30.3% |
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 63.9% | +6.7% |
| KEYWORTH, PETER | 1 | 58.3% | +23.9% |
| PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18423502 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 4d overdue |
| 18553453 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OILS AND GREASES FROM COOLING WATER IN THE STEEL AND METALLURGICAL SECTOR | KEYWORTH, PETER | 12d |
| 18932285 | CONTAINER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING OR PROCESSING PARTICULATE MATERIALS TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE VIBRATIONS SUCH AS QUAKING OR SHAKING | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | — |
| 18851811 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING A METAL PRODUCT | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
| 18719523 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18250746 | COOLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC FURNACE OR SUCHLIKE | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553453 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OILS AND GREASES FROM COOLING WATER IN THE STEEL AND METALLURGICAL SECTOR | KEYWORTH, PETER | 12d |
| 18699824 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING FLAT METAL PRODUCTS AND CUTTING SHEAR FOR CUTTING SAID FLAT METAL PRODUCTS EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE | RILEY, JONATHAN G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932285 | CONTAINER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING OR PROCESSING PARTICULATE MATERIALS TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE VIBRATIONS SUCH AS QUAKING OR SHAKING | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18851811 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING A METAL PRODUCT | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18719523 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18699824 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING FLAT METAL PRODUCTS AND CUTTING SHEAR FOR CUTTING SAID FLAT METAL PRODUCTS EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18423502 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18577381 | IMMERSION NOZZLE | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18553453 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OILS AND GREASES FROM COOLING WATER IN THE STEEL AND METALLURGICAL SECTOR | KEYWORTH, PETER | 1777 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18250746 | COOLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC FURNACE OR SUCHLIKE | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
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