Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Messer Industries Usa Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 1 81.7% +9.3%
SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1 79.5% +1.3%
STANEK, KELSEY L 1 80.7% +15.7%
LAU, JASON 1 53.8% +15.0%

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
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

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
19065029 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ACID REGENERATION SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18462496 OXY-FUEL HEATING AND REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS AT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY STANEK, KELSEY L 77d overdue
16634993 METHOD AND BURNER ASSEMBLY FOR COMBUSTING A FUEL GAS WITH AN OXIDANT LAU, JASON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1736 1
3741 1
3762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075864 INTERNAL PRODUCT RELEASE APPARATUS FOR FLAT WIRE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEMS AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ §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

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