Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to examiner MIREILLE SANDRA SADATE-MOUALEU. The portfolio's prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a highly specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. This concentration allows the company to focus its resources on a single technical field.

MIREILLE SANDRA SADATE-MOUALEU serves as the busiest examiner for the company with a pending count of 1. Because there is only a single pending matter and 1 distinct examiner, this individual is responsible for the entirety of the company's active prosecution. This relationship between the pending case and the examiner ensures that the company's current strategy is focused on a single point of contact within the patent office, which can simplify communication.

The presence of 1 distinct art unit for the company's work indicates that the company is not currently diversifying its prosecution across different technical groups. For a practitioner, this means that the outcome of this single matter will define the company's current success rate in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The workload of 1 for the busiest examiner reflects the total volume of pending actions across the 1 distinct art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA 1 91.7% +10.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716405 TILT COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND TILT COMPENSATION METHOD THEREFOR SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716405 TILT COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND TILT COMPENSATION METHOD THEREFOR SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18716405 TILT COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND TILT COMPENSATION METHOD THEREFOR SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA 2855 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 04, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. have?

Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. applications?

Mireille Sandra Sadate-Moualeu has the most, with 1 of Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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