Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Smoltek AB

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Smoltek AB currently has 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this pending activity.

With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution for this portfolio is currently centralized. The outcome of the company's active patent efforts depends entirely on the interaction with KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT. This lack of examiner diversity means the applicant cannot leverage different perspectives across multiple filings. The 1 pending office action represents the total active volume for Smoltek AB.

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
KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT 1 48.3% +33.3%

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
18548963 An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18548963 An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18548963 An electrolyzer comprising a heating apparatus KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2023

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