Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Sandvik Mining And Construction OY

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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 (57%)
1
Medium (14%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MURSHED, OSAMAH 1
SINGH, SUNIL 1 67.4% +24.6%
WEBER, TAMARA L 1 87.1% +12.1%
NEJAD, MAHDI H 1 73.9% +29.1%
HALL, KRISTYN A 1 81.9% -6.0%
CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 1 82.1% +31.3%
GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 1 64.1% +7.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18689982 PROVIDING CONTROL INFORMATION HALL, KRISTYN A

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
18847444 COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION FOR MINING VEHICLE POSITIONING WEBER, TAMARA L 28d overdue
18865194 MEASURING ROCK BREAKING DYNAMICS MURSHED, OSAMAH
18656627 GRIPPER, ROCK DRILLING UNIT AND METHOD NEJAD, MAHDI H
18575042 CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT, DRILLING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRO PULSE DRILLING CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS

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
18847444 COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION FOR MINING VEHICLE POSITIONING WEBER, TAMARA L 28d overdue
18861066 MINING MACHINE COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT SINGH, SUNIL 21d
18656627 GRIPPER, ROCK DRILLING UNIT AND METHOD NEJAD, MAHDI H
18575042 CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT, DRILLING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRO PULSE DRILLING CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3678 1
3667 1
3723 1
3672 1
3676 1
3664 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865194 MEASURING ROCK BREAKING DYNAMICS MURSHED, OSAMAH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18861066 MINING MACHINE COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT SINGH, SUNIL 3678 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18847444 COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION FOR MINING VEHICLE POSITIONING WEBER, TAMARA L 3667 §101 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18656627 GRIPPER, ROCK DRILLING UNIT AND METHOD NEJAD, MAHDI H 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18689982 PROVIDING CONTROL INFORMATION HALL, KRISTYN A 3672 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18575042 CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT, DRILLING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRO PULSE DRILLING CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 3676 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18232934 CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A TRACK-MOUNTED VEHICLE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023

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