Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metso Finland OY has 11 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner coverage with limited art-unit repetition.
BIDWELL, JAMES R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate recurring materials positions across the portfolio while preparing responses that reflect the particular examiner and art-unit context of each application.
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 | 3 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDWELL, JAMES R | 1 | 89.7% | +8.3% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 73.8% | +24.6% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +28.0% |
| ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | 1 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1 | 74.1% | +19.1% |
| PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1 | 52.5% | +8.4% |
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 79.8% | +18.8% |
| GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1 | 38.5% | +51.4% |
| POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 51.2% | +36.2% |
| LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1 | 83.7% | +9.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109433 | CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER BLADE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | BIDWELL, JAMES R | — |
| 18853282 | A FILTER GRID RECEIVABLE WITHIN A FILTRATE VAT OF A FILTER PRESS | ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | — |
| 18555168 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871716 | A GEAR WELL FOR A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER COMPRISING THE GEAR WELL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18699957 | Solution Circulations in a Process for Calcination and Leaching of a Lithium-Containing Mineral | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | — |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 18490199 | FLOTATION UNIT AND FLOTATION METHOD | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | — |
| 18555203 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871716 | A GEAR WELL FOR A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER COMPRISING THE GEAR WELL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18914888 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| 18710956 | A HANDLING SYSTEM OF A SUBFRAME FORMING PART OF A FILTER PLATE FRAME ASSEMBLY IN A HORIZONTAL FILTER RESS OF A TOWER TYPE, A METHOD OF PERFORMING MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUBFRAME AND USE OF SUCH HANDLING SYSTEM | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 18490199 | FLOTATION UNIT AND FLOTATION METHOD | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | — |
| 18555203 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 2 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109433 | CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER BLADE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | BIDWELL, JAMES R | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18871716 | A GEAR WELL FOR A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER COMPRISING THE GEAR WELL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18914888 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18853282 | A FILTER GRID RECEIVABLE WITHIN A FILTRATE VAT OF A FILTER PRESS | ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18710956 | A HANDLING SYSTEM OF A SUBFRAME FORMING PART OF A FILTER PLATE FRAME ASSEMBLY IN A HORIZONTAL FILTER RESS OF A TOWER TYPE, A METHOD OF PERFORMING MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUBFRAME AND USE OF SUCH HANDLING SYSTEM | SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1776 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18699957 | Solution Circulations in a Process for Calcination and Leaching of a Lithium-Containing Mineral | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18490199 | FLOTATION UNIT AND FLOTATION METHOD | GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON | 1779 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18555203 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18555168 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 17795262 | AN OUTLET COVER FOR A RECESSED PLATE-TYPE FILTER, A FILTER PLATE, A FILTER PLATE ASSEMBLY AND A RECESSED PLATE-TYPE FILTER | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMetso Finland OY has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 11 examiners.
James R Bidwell has the most, with 1 of Metso Finland OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
