Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Smf-Holding GmbH

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Smf-Holding GmbH is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, resulting in a highly focused prosecution path. The examiner for this case is DAGER, JONATHAN M, who is also listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.

Since the company has only a single pending office action, the entire prosecution strategy is centered on the interaction with DAGER, JONATHAN M. This focus allows for a streamlined communication process during examination. The fact that 1 distinct examiner is responsible for the company's only pending case means that the success of their current intellectual property efforts depends on this specific individual's review.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAGER, JONATHAN M 1 82.4% +4.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18854249 METHOD FOR MONITORING A CROP FLOW, AND HARVESTING MACHINE DAGER, JONATHAN M —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18854249 METHOD FOR MONITORING A CROP FLOW, AND HARVESTING MACHINE DAGER, JONATHAN M — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024

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