Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metso Finland OY maintains a portfolio with 10 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 10 actions are distributed among distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner for every pending matter. This level of dispersion suggests that the company's prosecution experience is not centralized under any specific individual. The pending office actions are categorized into 5 distinct art units, which indicates a range of technical review.
DEUBLE, MARK A is the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This distribution across 5 distinct art units and the examiners indicates a varied examination environment for the company's current applications. Because each of the actions is handled by a different person, the company must manage different examiner styles. The presence of the distinct art units further suggests that the portfolio spans multiple specialized sub-groups within the Chemistry & Materials field.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEUBLE, MARK A | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | 1 | 52.5% | +8.4% |
| GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1 | 72.3% | +37.7% |
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 80.6% | +18.4% |
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.6% | +31.3% |
| LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1 | 83.5% | +9.5% |
| POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 51.3% | +36.1% |
| HUANG, RYAN | 1 | 52.9% | +31.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556991 | DIVIDING HOPPER AND TRANSPORTABLE SCREENING APPARATUS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 85d |
| 19109431 | CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER BLADE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DEUBLE, MARK A | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18699434 | SHEARING DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND USE | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | — |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2d overdue |
| 18556991 | DIVIDING HOPPER AND TRANSPORTABLE SCREENING APPARATUS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 85d |
| 18871716 | A GEAR WELL FOR A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER COMPRISING THE GEAR WELL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18699434 | SHEARING DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND USE | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | — |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 18555203 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 2 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109431 | CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER BLADE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DEUBLE, MARK A | — | §102§103 | 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 |
| 18853282 | A FILTER GRID RECEIVABLE WITHIN A FILTRATE VAT OF A FILTER PRESS | ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18699957 | Solution Circulations in a Process for Calcination and Leaching of a Lithium-Containing Mineral | PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18699434 | SHEARING DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND USE | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18571948 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AIR-INDUCED EVAPORATION AND COOLING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18556991 | DIVIDING HOPPER AND TRANSPORTABLE SCREENING APPARATUS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 85d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18555168 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18555203 | EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIAL | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103§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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