Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Paul Wurth S.A.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Paul Wurth S.A. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very specific focus for the company's current patenting activity. This concentration suggests that the company is presently prioritizing a single technological advancement within the broader semiconductor field.

The busiest_examiner_pending count for ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K is 1, which represents the entirety of the company's pending office actions. This indicates that the company's current prosecution strategy in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area is concentrated on a single application. All current examiner communications are centralized under this one individual and art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this one examiner, as their feedback will determine the outcome for the entire active portfolio.

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (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
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 1 82.9% +17.2%

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
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 15d overdue

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
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 15d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§102 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023

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