Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mettler-Toledo GmbH currently has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current patent activities cover different technical sub-specialties or applications within the semiconductor field.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SULTANA, DILARA, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents half of the current pending workload for the organization. Because the 2 pending office actions are in 2 distinct art units, the applicant must navigate different administrative environments and potentially different examination standards for each case.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions suggests a lack of concentration in the prosecution pipeline. Practitioners must be prepared to adapt their strategies to the specific requirements of SULTANA, DILARA and the other involved examiner. Efficiently managing these 2 pending office actions requires careful coordination to ensure that the technical disclosures remain consistent across the different art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULTANA, DILARA | 1 | 80.9% | +16.2% |
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.7% | +21.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721071 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF A SUBSTANCE | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
| 18740825 | DRAFT SHIELD FOR A BALANCE | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721071 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF A SUBSTANCE | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
| 18740825 | DRAFT SHIELD FOR A BALANCE | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18721071 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF A SUBSTANCE | SULTANA, DILARA | 2858 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18740825 | DRAFT SHIELD FOR A BALANCE | HULS, NATALIE F | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMettler-Toledo GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Dilara Sultana has the most, with 1 of Mettler-Toledo GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
