Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sandvik Ltd. is managing 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 actions are distributed across distinct examiners, meaning that each pending matter is being evaluated by a different person. This distribution requires the applicant to address separate sets of examiner preferences and interpretations simultaneously. Managing the distinct examiners requires a flexible approach to prosecution to ensure that each individual's concerns are addressed.
Despite the variety of examiners, all pending office actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit suggests that the underlying technology is highly consistent, even if the individual examiners differ. RIOS, ORLANDO JESUS is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, sharing the workload equally with the other distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio. The focus on the single art unit may allow for a more unified legal strategy regarding technical precedents.
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.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 50.8% | +56.0% |
| RIOS, ORLANDO JESUS | 1 | — | — |
| ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE | 1 | 25.0% | +100.0% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864201 | CRUSHER FEED STATION | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 9d |
| 18875930 | SWING JAW OF A JAW CRUSHER | RIOS, ORLANDO JESUS | — |
| 18874734 | JAW ASSEMBLY OF A JAW CRUSHER | ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864201 | CRUSHER FEED STATION | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 9d |
| 18875917 | JAW CRUSHER | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18874734 | JAW ASSEMBLY OF A JAW CRUSHER | ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 3 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875917 | JAW CRUSHER | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875930 | SWING JAW OF A JAW CRUSHER | RIOS, ORLANDO JESUS | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18874734 | JAW ASSEMBLY OF A JAW CRUSHER | ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18864201 | CRUSHER FEED STATION | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSandvik Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Christopher L Templeton has the most, with 1 of Sandvik Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
