Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Heraeus Holding GmbH

17 pending office actions • 12 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
15
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (82%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
59% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
35% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 2 61.3% +25.2%
RAMANA, ANURADHA 1 82.9% +22.4%
SIPP, AMY R. 1 70.9% +26.1%
MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1
RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 1 22.8% +10.3%
BLASS, PARIS MARIE 1 51.7% +56.0%
DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1 53.3% +29.5%
WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1 43.7% +44.4%
GREGORIO, GUINEVER S 1 73.0% +18.6%
NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 1 44.9% +13.6%

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
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION RAMANA, ANURADHA

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 75d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18255299 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES AND/OR OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 19d overdue
18255956 Soot-Free Production Process of Preforms for Structured Fibers DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 2d overdue
18680669 MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER SIPP, AMY R. 19d
17438698 DOPED FUSED SILICA COMPONENT FOR USE IN A PLASMA-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 34d
18791985 DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 72d
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 75d
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 75d
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION RAMANA, ANURADHA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1741 3
3775 2
3783 2
1732 2
1611 1
3774 1
1783 1
2893 1
1718 1
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION RAMANA, ANURADHA 3775 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
18680669 MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER SIPP, AMY R. 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 31, 2024
18460146 COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING A BONE REPLACEMENT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, AND USE THEREOF MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending May 08, 2023
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18791953 Tubular composite body made of quartz glass and method for producing and using the same FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18791985 DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 01, 2024
18255956 Soot-Free Production Process of Preforms for Structured Fibers DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1741 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
17438698 DOPED FUSED SILICA COMPONENT FOR USE IN A PLASMA-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 13, 2021
18549780 METHOD AND CATALYST FOR PRODUCING PHENOLIC BUILDING BLOCKS FROM LIGNIN GREGORIO, GUINEVER S 1732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18255299 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES AND/OR OF ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18319907 CATALYST SYSTEM FOR A FLOW REACTOR AND METHOD FOR CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF AMMONIA LI, JUN 1732 DPOther Final Rejection 63d Pending May 18, 2023
18250000 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICULATE CARRIER MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH ELEMENTARY SILVER AND ELEMENTARY RUTHENIUM BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18172560 PALLADIUM-COPPER-SILVER ALLOY ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
18058551 MARKING MADE OF POROUS MATERIAL HARRIS, WESLEY G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17905804 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS FIBER NOZZLES, AND GLASS FIBER NOZZLE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022
17245147 WIRE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LASER ABLATION WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2021

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