Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§102 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GREGORIO, GUINEVER S 1 73.0% +18.6%
WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1 79.9% -4.9%
WIESE, NOAH S 1 83.3% -2.4%
CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1 83.4% +12.8%
ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1 45.3% +37.9%
HILL, STEPHANI A 1 29.5% +44.3%
GAMINO, CARLOS J 1 35.3% +45.6%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.5% +42.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260100 COMPLEX OXIDE THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS WITH LOW THERMAL INERTIA AND LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY WIESE, NOAH S 37d overdue
18268520 LIGHTWEIGHT CORROSION-RESISTANT WEAR-RESISTANT BRAKE DISC, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE

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
18022583 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILLERS WITH IMPROVED MICROWAVE SHIELDING PERFORMANCE HILL, STEPHANI A

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18086963 DEVICE FOR DRAWING FILAMENTS TO FORM A NONWOVEN FABRIC MELENDEZ, ARMAND 41d
18264086 OXIDATION BARRIER MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES GREGORIO, GUINEVER S
18268520 LIGHTWEIGHT CORROSION-RESISTANT WEAR-RESISTANT BRAKE DISC, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE
18022585 SI-BASED COMPOSITE BOND COAT CONTAINING CRISTOBALITE MODIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS ABU ALI, SHUANGYI
18022583 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILLERS WITH IMPROVED MICROWAVE SHIELDING PERFORMANCE HILL, STEPHANI A
17765564 LOW MELTING NICKEL-MANGANESE-SILICON BASED BRAZE FILLER METALS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER APPLICATIONS GAMINO, CARLOS J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 2
1735 2
1732 1
1766 1
1738 1
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18264086 OXIDATION BARRIER MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES GREGORIO, GUINEVER S 1732 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18271160 CMAS-RESISTANT TOPCOAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18260100 COMPLEX OXIDE THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS WITH LOW THERMAL INERTIA AND LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY WIESE, NOAH S 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18268520 LIGHTWEIGHT CORROSION-RESISTANT WEAR-RESISTANT BRAKE DISC, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1738 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18022585 SI-BASED COMPOSITE BOND COAT CONTAINING CRISTOBALITE MODIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2023
18022583 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILLERS WITH IMPROVED MICROWAVE SHIELDING PERFORMANCE HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
17765564 LOW MELTING NICKEL-MANGANESE-SILICON BASED BRAZE FILLER METALS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER APPLICATIONS GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2022
18086963 DEVICE FOR DRAWING FILAMENTS TO FORM A NONWOVEN FABRIC MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 22, 2022

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