Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. Kg has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. All of these actions are being processed within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of technical concentration for the company's current filings. The company is currently working with 3 distinct examiners to resolve these pending matters.
The busiest examiner for the company is MUSSER, BARBARA J, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This means that the pending office actions are assigned to different examiners, as the busiest examiner only handles a single action. Having the 3 pending office actions in a distinct art unit allows the company to focus on the specific standards of that single group. However, the presence of distinct examiners means that the company must still account for different individual styles and preferences. The Chemistry & Materials technology area provides the context for the workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1 | 71.2% | +26.3% |
| GROSS, CARSON | 1 | 73.1% | +21.3% |
| SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 62.5% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730096 | SEALING TOOL FOR SEALING A BASE INTO A SLEEVE | GROSS, CARSON | 56d |
| 18843525 | DEVICE FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING OF A WORKPIECE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE | MUSSER, BARBARA J | — |
| 18700867 | TOOL FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730096 | SEALING TOOL FOR SEALING A BASE INTO A SLEEVE | GROSS, CARSON | 56d |
| 18843525 | DEVICE FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING OF A WORKPIECE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE | MUSSER, BARBARA J | — |
| 18700867 | TOOL FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843525 | DEVICE FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING OF A WORKPIECE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE | MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18730096 | SEALING TOOL FOR SEALING A BASE INTO A SLEEVE | GROSS, CARSON | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18700867 | TOOL FOR AN ULTRASONIC WELDING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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