Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
22 pending office actions • 10 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dürr Systems AG has 21 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 20 examiners and 10 art units, indicating that art-unit groupings recur more often than examiner assignments.
SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can examine that relationship for useful prosecution signals, while maintaining separate response strategies for the many other examiner assignments.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 7 (32%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 2 | 51.7% | +39.6% |
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
| SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | 1 | 82.1% | +15.4% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +12.1% |
| TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1 | 83.7% | +14.6% |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.6% |
| BARRERA, JUAN C | 1 | 63.2% | +35.2% |
| TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 1 | 65.7% | +27.8% |
| ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 1 | 67.3% | +24.4% |
| TURNER, SONJI | 1 | 73.8% | +20.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19006167 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR AN APPLICATION DEVICE | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576060 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | HO, ANNA THI | 84d |
| 19127209 | DRIVE TURBINE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER | SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | — |
| 18875113 | APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING AN APPLICATION AGENT | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18861823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF PROCESS GAS | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — |
| 18843718 | TURBINE DRIVE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER, AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18843965 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| 18718639 | PROCESS PLANT FOR CONVERTING A SOLID INPUT MATERIAL INTO A SOLID PROCESS PRODUCT | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | — |
| 18717011 | ROBOT HAND, IN PARTICULAR FOR CARRYING AN APPLICATION APPARATUS | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112116 | RETURN DEVICE FOR RETURNING AT LEAST ONE LINE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 55d |
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19127209 | DRIVE TURBINE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER | SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | — |
| 19006167 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR AN APPLICATION DEVICE | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | — |
| 18875113 | APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING AN APPLICATION AGENT | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18920067 | ROTARY ATOMIZER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18843718 | TURBINE DRIVE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER, AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18843965 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 6 |
| 3762 | 3 |
| 1717 | 3 |
| 3618 | 2 |
| 1711 | 2 |
| 1776 | 2 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262543 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A ROBOT HAND AXIS | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19127209 | DRIVE TURBINE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER | SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19112116 | RETURN DEVICE FOR RETURNING AT LEAST ONE LINE | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19006167 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR AN APPLICATION DEVICE | TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18875113 | APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING AN APPLICATION AGENT | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18861823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF PROCESS GAS | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18920067 | ROTARY ATOMIZER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18843718 | TURBINE DRIVE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER, AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD | BARRERA, JUAN C | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18843965 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18837934 | PIEZO ACTUATOR DEVICE, PREFERABLY WITH TRANSVERSELY DEFLECTABLE NOZZLE | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18793078 | FILTERING SYSTEM, PAINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FILTERING SYSTEM | TURNER, SONJI | 1776 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18718639 | PROCESS PLANT FOR CONVERTING A SOLID INPUT MATERIAL INTO A SOLID PROCESS PRODUCT | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18717011 | ROBOT HAND, IN PARTICULAR FOR CARRYING AN APPLICATION APPARATUS | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18698984 | CONVEYOR DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING WORKPIECES | SINGH, KAVEL | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18682456 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A COATING SYSTEM, AND COATING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE OPERATING METHOD | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18290830 | CLEANING FACILITY AND CLEANING METHOD FOR CLEANING A COMPONENT, PREFERABLY A VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18576060 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18557474 | TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR TREATING WORKPIECES, AND TREATMENT METHOD | PERRIN, JOSEPH L | 1711 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18255189 | COATING DEVICE COMPRISING A VIBRATION SENSOR, AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING METHOD | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18005764 | APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING AT LEAST ONE ROOM, IN PARTICULAR A DWELLING ROOM FOR PERSONS, WITH AN ATOMISER | TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17919915 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES WITH A TREATMENT CHAMBER HAVING A CLOSING DEVICE | KURPLE, KARL | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17254186 | SEPARATING DEVICE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialDürr Systems AG has 22 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 21 examiners.
Kevin Edward Schwartz has the most, with 2 of Dürr Systems AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
