Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sandvik Mining And Construction Tools AB has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The profile records 4 distinct examiners and 4 art units, indicating separate examination assignments across the pending matters.
DUMBRIS, SETH M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner or art unit repeats in the available data. Counsel should review each action independently and use the shared technology area only to coordinate consistent technical positions.
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%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1 | 75.7% | +18.1% |
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
| SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID | 1 | 55.2% | +12.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175388 | GRADIENT CEMENTED CARBIDE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18834245 | DRILLING COMPONENT | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 24d overdue |
| 19175388 | GRADIENT CEMENTED CARBIDE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18864211 | DOUBLE PRESSED CHROMIUM ALLOYED CEMENTED CARBIDE INSERT | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | — |
| 18561763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTION OF CEMENTED CARBIDE BODIES FROM A COMPONENT | SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175388 | GRADIENT CEMENTED CARBIDE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18864211 | DOUBLE PRESSED CHROMIUM ALLOYED CEMENTED CARBIDE INSERT | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18834245 | DRILLING COMPONENT | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 3674 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18561763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTION OF CEMENTED CARBIDE BODIES FROM A COMPONENT | SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSandvik Mining And Construction Tools AB has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Seth M Dumbris has the most, with 1 of Sandvik Mining And Construction Tools AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
