Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Messer Industries Usa Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 examiners and 5 art units, so each recorded action occupies a separate examination assignment.
AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of examiner overlap makes application-specific analysis especially important. Counsel should tailor claim amendments and technical arguments to the references and objections in each art unit while preserving consistent support across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 1 | 82.1% | +9.6% |
| SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | 1 | 77.8% | -2.5% |
| STANEK, KELSEY L | 1 | 80.7% | +15.3% |
| LAU, JASON | 1 | 54.1% | +15.9% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 25.9% | +21.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18462496 | OXY-FUEL HEATING AND REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS AT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY | STANEK, KELSEY L | 77d overdue |
| 19075864 | INTERNAL PRODUCT RELEASE APPARATUS FOR FLAT WIRE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEMS | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15012883 | SELF-ADJUSTING CRYOGENIC FOOD FREEZER | PETTITT, JOHN F | 73d overdue |
| 19065029 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ACID REGENERATION | SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18462496 | OXY-FUEL HEATING AND REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS AT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY | STANEK, KELSEY L | 77d overdue |
| 15012883 | SELF-ADJUSTING CRYOGENIC FOOD FREEZER | PETTITT, JOHN F | 73d overdue |
| 16634993 | METHOD AND BURNER ASSEMBLY FOR COMBUSTING A FUEL GAS WITH AN OXIDANT | LAU, JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19075864 | INTERNAL PRODUCT RELEASE APPARATUS FOR FLAT WIRE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEMS | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19065029 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ACID REGENERATION | SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18462496 | OXY-FUEL HEATING AND REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS AT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY | STANEK, KELSEY L | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 16634993 | METHOD AND BURNER ASSEMBLY FOR COMBUSTING A FUEL GAS WITH AN OXIDANT | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2020 |
| 15012883 | SELF-ADJUSTING CRYOGENIC FOOD FREEZER | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2016 |
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Start Free TrialMesser Industries Usa Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Muhammad Sumraiz Awais has the most, with 1 of Messer Industries Usa Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
