Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa’ Cooperativa has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 3 of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a highly concentrated technical focus for the company's current filings. The company is working with 2 distinct examiners for these matters. Liang Dong is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions.
This means that one examiner is handling 2 of the 3 total pending actions. The focus on 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's recent innovations are likely within a single specialized field of mechanical engineering. Practitioners should note that the outcomes of the 2 actions managed by Liang Dong will have a significant impact on the overall portfolio. The number of pending office actions is higher than the 2 distinct examiners involved. Liang Dong handles 2 of the active matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (27%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 2 | 48.1% | +26.7% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 51.5% | +12.1% |
| HUYNH, VAN D | 1 | 87.0% | +13.4% |
| BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1 | 52.9% | +18.8% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.1% | +15.4% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 58.1% | +24.7% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| BEHA, CAROLINE | 1 | 57.5% | +23.8% |
| LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1 | 71.5% | +26.3% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951472 | DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PARISONS | HUYNH, VAN D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18882147 | CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 16d |
| 18040354 | A COMPRESSION MOULDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 27d |
| 19149600 | COMBINATION OF A CONTAINER AND A CLOSING ELEMENT | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 18865010 | COMPRESSION MOULDING DEVICE AND METHOD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | — |
| 18865072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSION MOULDING CONCAVE OBJECTS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | — |
| 18850198 | CAP FOR A CONTAINER | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 18715685 | CUTTING METHOD OF A LAYER OF CERAMIC POWDER MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND MANUFACTURING PLANT OF CERAMIC ARTICLES | BEHA, CAROLINE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE PRODUCTION OF CONTAINERS FROM PLASTIC MATERIAL | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 59d overdue |
| 18159979 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPS AND RELATIVE ASSEMBLY METHOD | DONG, LIANG | 8d |
| 18882147 | CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 16d |
| 18040354 | A COMPRESSION MOULDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 27d |
| 19149600 | COMBINATION OF A CONTAINER AND A CLOSING ELEMENT | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 18867603 | CLOSING CAP FOR A CONTAINER | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 18951472 | DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PARISONS | HUYNH, VAN D | — |
| 18865010 | COMPRESSION MOULDING DEVICE AND METHOD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 3 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19149600 | COMBINATION OF A CONTAINER AND A CLOSING ELEMENT | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 18867603 | CLOSING CAP FOR A CONTAINER | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18951472 | DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PARISONS | HUYNH, VAN D | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18865010 | COMPRESSION MOULDING DEVICE AND METHOD | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18865072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSION MOULDING CONCAVE OBJECTS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18850198 | CAP FOR A CONTAINER | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18882147 | CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18721760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE PRODUCTION OF CONTAINERS FROM PLASTIC MATERIAL | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18715685 | CUTTING METHOD OF A LAYER OF CERAMIC POWDER MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND MANUFACTURING PLANT OF CERAMIC ARTICLES | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18040354 | A COMPRESSION MOULDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1744 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 18159979 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPS AND RELATIVE ASSEMBLY METHOD | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
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