Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
3
Easy (43%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§112 only3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.0% +36.3%
FERRERO, EDUARDO R 1 62.0% +43.5%
TIGHE, BRENDAN P 1 75.9% +19.5%
GERTH, KATIE L 1 75.3% +15.7%
AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 1 81.0% +10.1%
SONG, HIMCHAN 1 85.7% +13.1%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 1 48.9% +28.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18283043 VIBRATING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 30d overdue
18040237 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SINGLE-USE CAPSULES FOR BEVERAGES SONG, HIMCHAN 56d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18578201 AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR FORMING FILTER BAGS CONTAINING INFUSION PRODUCTS TIGHE, BRENDAN P 91d overdue
18283043 VIBRATING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 30d overdue
18717062 HERMETIC PACKAGE FOR LIQUID OR PASTY FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PACKAGE BATTISTI, DEREK J 8d overdue
18689995 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING CAPSULES FERRERO, EDUARDO R 2d overdue
17437038 Paper Straw BOECKMANN, JASON J 15d
18562125 FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING CONTAINERS GERTH, KATIE L 40d
18040237 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SINGLE-USE CAPSULES FOR BEVERAGES SONG, HIMCHAN 56d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 3
3734 1
3652 1
3651 1
3752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18717062 HERMETIC PACKAGE FOR LIQUID OR PASTY FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PACKAGE BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18689995 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING CAPSULES FERRERO, EDUARDO R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18578201 AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR FORMING FILTER BAGS CONTAINING INFUSION PRODUCTS TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18562125 FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING CONTAINERS GERTH, KATIE L 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18283043 VIBRATING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18040237 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SINGLE-USE CAPSULES FOR BEVERAGES SONG, HIMCHAN 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 01, 2023
17437038 Paper Straw BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 07, 2021

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