Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG manages a portfolio in the Communications technology area with 3 pending office actions. These are handled by 3 distinct examiners, showing a ratio where each matter is assigned to a different person. AHADI, ELIA is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units.
The 3 pending office actions indicate a moderate level of activity. With 3 distinct examiners, the applicant must address 3 different individual perspectives. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests some technological variety. Having 1 busiest examiner pending action for AHADI, ELIA shows that the workload is evenly distributed. Managing 3 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach to maintain consistency across 3 distinct examiners.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHADI, ELIA | 1 | — | — |
| ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 1 | 40.9% | +15.7% |
| DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 1 | 60.3% | +16.3% |
| FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1 | 59.0% | +20.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19057334 | DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND MOVING A STACK OF FLAT PRODUCTS LYING ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER | AHADI, ELIA | — |
| 18987181 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION-DEPENDENT STRUCTURE DEPTH OF A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE OR SCANNING SURFACE | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18485392 | PARTICULATE COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW-WEAR NONSTICK COATINGS, AND COATED PRODUCT | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987181 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION-DEPENDENT STRUCTURE DEPTH OF A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE OR SCANNING SURFACE | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18775423 | COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE-READABLE OPTICAL CODES ON PRINTED PRODUCTS | DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | — |
| 18485392 | PARTICULATE COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW-WEAR NONSTICK COATINGS, AND COATED PRODUCT | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2683 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057334 | DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND MOVING A STACK OF FLAT PRODUCTS LYING ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER | AHADI, ELIA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18987181 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION-DEPENDENT STRUCTURE DEPTH OF A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE OR SCANNING SURFACE | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18775423 | COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE-READABLE OPTICAL CODES ON PRINTED PRODUCTS | DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18485392 | PARTICULATE COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW-WEAR NONSTICK COATINGS, AND COATED PRODUCT | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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