Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Homag GmbH maintains a robust prosecution profile with 10 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are widely distributed across 8 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical range within the company's mechanical engineering portfolio. Managing 10 pending office actions across 8 distinct art units requires significant coordination to address the varying examination standards of each unit.
The workload is further diversified among 9 distinct examiners, meaning that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different official. WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions. The other pending office actions are split among the remaining 9 distinct examiners. This high number of 9 distinct examiners for 10 pending office actions suggests a decentralized prosecution environment where the company must navigate many individual examiner preferences and timelines within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 2 | 63.6% | +25.6% |
| RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 1 | 87.0% | +4.9% |
| ALIE, GHASSEM | 1 | 69.3% | +32.6% |
| KIM, PAUL D | 1 | 87.7% | +6.7% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 74.8% | +20.3% |
| IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 1 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| RAO, SHEELA S | 1 | 75.1% | +17.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719242 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A WORKPIECE, PRINTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 28d |
| 18559311 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FURNITURE OR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT | KIM, PAUL D | — |
| 18558725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 28d |
| 18558725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18276428 | METHOD FOR MACHINING SHEET-LIKE WORKPIECES, AND MACHINING DEVICE | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | — |
| 18276429 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | — |
| 17799223 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING WORKPIECES | RAO, SHEELA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 2 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719242 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A WORKPIECE, PRINTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18574006 | GUIDE DEVICE ON A MACHINE INLET OR MACHINE OUTLET, AND PROCESSING MACHINE | ALIE, GHASSEM | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 23, 2023 |
| 18559311 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FURNITURE OR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT | KIM, PAUL D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18558725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18281531 | PROCESSING MACHINE WITH SUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18278737 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18277721 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING APPARATUS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18276428 | METHOD FOR MACHINING SHEET-LIKE WORKPIECES, AND MACHINING DEVICE | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18276429 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 17799223 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING WORKPIECES | RAO, SHEELA S | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
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