Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Paul Wurth S.A.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 2 75.4% +38.1%
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 1 82.9% +16.9%
CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1 83.5% +12.4%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 15d overdue
18286830 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A METALLURGICAL FURNACE ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 14d
18257748 SMART HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FOR DRI MAKING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 75d
18565592 METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE INSTALLATION ABOAGYE, MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 15d overdue
18286830 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A METALLURGICAL FURNACE ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 14d
18257748 SMART HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FOR DRI MAKING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 75d
18565592 METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE INSTALLATION ABOAGYE, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 2
2857 1
1738 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18565592 METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE INSTALLATION ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18290384 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§102 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18286830 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A METALLURGICAL FURNACE ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18257748 SMART HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FOR DRI MAKING CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 15, 2023

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