Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metso Usa Inc. currently has 4 pending office actions categorized under Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These matters are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which matches the total number of 4 pending office actions. This indicates that every active case is assigned to a unique individual within the patent office.
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action currently assigned. Since there are 4 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed, with ALAWADI managing 1 action. This lack of examiner overlap means the company must maintain separate lines of communication for each matter.
The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, which is fewer than the 4 distinct examiners involved. This implies that some examiners are working within the same art unit while others are isolated. Managing the portfolio across 3 distinct art units requires a strategy that accounts for both the technical standards of the art units and the individual preferences of the examiners.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| LEE, GILBERT Y | 1 | 78.7% | +10.7% |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 1 | 72.5% | +17.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932867 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE OF CRUSHER JAW OF A COMPACT ECCENTRIC CRUSHER | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18568088 | A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A ROLLER CRUSHER | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18769622 | SEAL RING RETENTION AND CENTERING SYSTEM FOR A GYRATORY CRUSHER | LEE, GILBERT Y | 32d overdue |
| 18568023 | GRINDING ROLL | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3d overdue |
| 18932867 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE OF CRUSHER JAW OF A COMPACT ECCENTRIC CRUSHER | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18568088 | A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A ROLLER CRUSHER | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932867 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE OF CRUSHER JAW OF A COMPACT ECCENTRIC CRUSHER | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18769622 | SEAL RING RETENTION AND CENTERING SYSTEM FOR A GYRATORY CRUSHER | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18568023 | GRINDING ROLL | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18568088 | A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A ROLLER CRUSHER | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 3745 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
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