Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 3 of 4 (75%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nokian Renkaat Oyj manages 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, with SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK serving as the busiest examiner by holding 2 pending office actions. This indicates that half of the company's 4 pending office actions are under the review of a single individual.
The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical concentration within the Chemistry & Materials field. The 4 pending office actions are split such that the company is dealing with a very small number of 3 distinct examiners. This concentration can lead to more predictable outcomes if the company is familiar with these specific examiners and their 2 distinct art units.
With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company's prosecution is relatively focused. Practitioners should note that the 4 pending office actions are being reviewed by a small group of examiners in a limited number of art units. This requires a targeted strategy for the Chemistry & Materials area that focuses on the specific tendencies of these 3 distinct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 2 | 48.6% | +35.6% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| MARINI, MATTHEW G | 1 | 60.5% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 8d overdue |
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 6d |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 8d overdue |
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 6d |
| 18520793 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EVALUATING ENDURANCE OF A TYRE | MARINI, MATTHEW G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 3 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18657676 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | AI Ready | May 07, 2024 |
| 18657518 | STUDDED TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | May 07, 2024 |
| 18656559 | PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH A THERMALLY ADAPTIVE UNDERLAYER | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | AI Ready | May 06, 2024 |
| 18520793 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EVALUATING ENDURANCE OF A TYRE | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
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