Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Siempelkamp Maschinen-Und Anlagenbau GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, TOLIN, MICHAEL A, who is the busiest examiner. The prosecution is restricted to 1 distinct art unit. This profile shows a high degree of concentration, with the company's entire pending workload managed by the assigned examiner.
The busiest examiner's workload of 1 pending action matches the total volume of the portfolio. This high level of concentration suggests that the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the specific interpretations of the assigned individual. Navigating the 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy tailored to its specific culture, as there are no other pending matters to provide a broader perspective on current trends for this portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 1 | 68.2% | +15.3% |
| KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 60.1% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278106 | Cast Iron Material, Use of a Cast Iron Material and Method Manufacturing And/or Lining a Forming Tool | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 17d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278106 | Cast Iron Material, Use of a Cast Iron Material and Method Manufacturing And/or Lining a Forming Tool | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 17d overdue |
| 18742521 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS IN A MAT SPREAD ON A CONVEYOR | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742521 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS IN A MAT SPREAD ON A CONVEYOR | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18278106 | Cast Iron Material, Use of a Cast Iron Material and Method Manufacturing And/or Lining a Forming Tool | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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