Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Heraeus

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (2)

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%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
2
Unknown (29%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§112 only1 (14%)
No statute on record2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KU, SI MING 1 72.4% +33.2%
SIPP, AMY R. 1 70.5% +26.4%
GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 1 61.5% +29.5%
TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1 61.3% +35.6%
INSLER, ELIZABETH 1 66.5% +25.6%
RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 1 20.0% +9.8%
BLASS, PARIS MARIE 1 51.9% +54.2%

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 (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18529500 USE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL TIEN, LUCY MINYU 7d
18680669 MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER SIPP, AMY R. 19d
18425617 Surgical cleaning device with adapter GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 20d
18965528 KIT FOR PRODUCING AND EXTRUDING BONE CEMENT, AND METHOD KU, SI MING 26d
18319222 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING BONE CEMENT PASTE INSLER, ELIZABETH 27d
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 75d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3775 2
3723 1
1612 1
1774 1
3783 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18965528 KIT FOR PRODUCING AND EXTRUDING BONE CEMENT, AND METHOD KU, SI MING 3775 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 02, 2024
18680669 MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER SIPP, AMY R. 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 31, 2024
18425617 Surgical cleaning device with adapter GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18529500 USE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18319222 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING BONE CEMENT PASTE INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 17, 2023
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending May 08, 2023
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Apr 19, 2023

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