Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SMS Group GmbH

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (75%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (75%)
§112 only3 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.3% +24.2%
CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID 1 51.9% +31.5%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.1% +16.0%
DYER, ANDREW R 1 60.1% +38.3%
SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 1 73.8% +28.5%
JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 1 61.9% +45.6%
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 1 63.8% +48.4%
PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
GUTHRIE, TERESA A 1 69.0% +35.1%
KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN 1 63.0% +40.6%

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
18230940 Workpiece manipulator PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18017510 METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN 46d overdue
18555685 Camera module for a burner JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 44d overdue
18579396 Roll-changing device for changing the working and/or intermediate rolls of a rolling mill stand TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 42d overdue
18561245 Burner SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 36d overdue
18693376 Straightening machine and method for straightening ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 30d overdue
18293558 Method for optical measurement of a thread on an end of a metal pipe or on a sleeve CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID 28d overdue
18122172 CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING METHOD AND CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING MACHINE GUTHRIE, TERESA A 25d overdue
18568512 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PLANNING PRODUCTION IN A PRODUCTION PLANT CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE, SUCCESSIVE PLANT PARTS, IN PARTICULAR A METALLURGICAL PRODUCTION PLANT FOR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL GOODS SUCH AS METAL SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND/OR METAL END PRODUCTS DYER, ANDREW R 8d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3725 3
3762 2
1733 2
2877 1
3662 1
3724 1
3652 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18693376 Straightening machine and method for straightening ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18293558 Method for optical measurement of a thread on an end of a metal pipe or on a sleeve CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID 2877 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18579396 Roll-changing device for changing the working and/or intermediate rolls of a rolling mill stand TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18568512 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PLANNING PRODUCTION IN A PRODUCTION PLANT CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE, SUCCESSIVE PLANT PARTS, IN PARTICULAR A METALLURGICAL PRODUCTION PLANT FOR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL GOODS SUCH AS METAL SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND/OR METAL END PRODUCTS DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18561245 Burner SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18555685 Camera module for a burner JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 3762 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18388916 EXTRUSION RESIDUE SHEARS AND METHOD FOR SHEARING OFF AN EXTRUSION RESIDUE DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18230940 Workpiece manipulator PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18122172 CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING METHOD AND CATERPILLAR TRACK DRAWING MACHINE GUTHRIE, TERESA A 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18017510 METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN 1733 §112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
17927975 METHOD FOR RECRYSTALLISATION ANNEALING OF A NON-GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRIC STRIP JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17618141 FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 10, 2021

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