Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metso Metals OY currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This volume of 3 pending office actions suggests a focused patent portfolio. For a practitioner, managing 3 pending office actions requires a strategy that addresses the specific technical requirements of the Chemistry & Materials sector while maintaining consistency across the applications. The concentration in this area defines the technical scope of the current filings.
The prosecution is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, JONES, LOGAN P, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 3 distinct examiners involved, the company's success is determined by the individual interpretations of several different officials. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the technical subject matter is spread across specialized groups at the patent office. This structure allows for a diversified approach to the examination process.
Practitioners should monitor the 3 distinct art units to identify any common examination trends or prior art. With 3 distinct examiners, there is a need for clear communication to ensure that arguments made in one application are consistent with the rest of the 3 pending office actions. The individual workload of 1 pending office action for JONES, LOGAN P represents one part of this focused prosecution effort. Success across these 3 distinct art units will require a deep understanding of the assigned examiners' styles.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, LOGAN P | 1 | 43.0% | +31.6% |
| SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1 | 64.2% | +7.5% |
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 79.8% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575895 | A METHOD FOR PROCESSING IRON ORE TO OBTAIN STEEL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | — |
| 18571022 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR RECYCLING ZINC OXIDE RESIDUES | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719051 | FEED INLET STRUCTURE, BURNER AND METHOD FOR FEEDING MATERIAL TO BURNER | JONES, LOGAN P | — |
| 18571022 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR RECYCLING ZINC OXIDE RESIDUES | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719051 | FEED INLET STRUCTURE, BURNER AND METHOD FOR FEEDING MATERIAL TO BURNER | JONES, LOGAN P | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18575895 | A METHOD FOR PROCESSING IRON ORE TO OBTAIN STEEL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18571022 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR RECYCLING ZINC OXIDE RESIDUES | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMetso Metals OY has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Logan P Jones has the most, with 1 of Metso Metals OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
