Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Headmade Materials GmbH

3 pending office actions • 0 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Headmade Materials GmbH is currently managing 3 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, with CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE serving as the busiest examiner. That individual is currently responsible for 2 of the pending actions, giving them a significant influence over the portfolio's outcomes.

The concentration of those matters under a single examiner suggests that the company's strategy may be impacted by CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE's examination style. With 3 pending office actions in total, the applicant must also manage the feedback from the other examiner. This structure requires a focused approach to address the matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
§103 only1 (33%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
100% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 2 83.2% +13.0%
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.6% +39.2%

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
18683453 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —
18683472 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —

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
18683714 PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS PATEL, DEVANG R —
18683453 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —
18683472 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18683714 PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS PATEL, DEVANG R — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683453 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE — §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18683472 BINDER COMPONENT FOR A FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS, PARTICULATE FEEDSTOCK COMPOUND, AND SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE — §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2024

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