Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
SMS group GmbH manages a company patent portfolio with 13 pending office actions. These matters are located in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 6 distinct art units. This use of 6 art units for 13 actions suggests that the company's chemistry-related technologies are categorized into several distinct technical specialties within the patent office.
There are 13 distinct examiners involved in the prosecution of these 13 pending office actions. ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This ratio of 13 examiners to 13 pending actions indicates a highly decentralized prosecution effort. For practitioners, this means that each of the 13 matters will be reviewed independently by a different examiner. The diversity of 13 examiners across 6 art units for 13 actions shows that the company's intellectual property is subject to a wide range of examiner perspectives.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 3 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +11.9% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.2% | +15.9% |
| MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 1 | 90.9% | +7.6% |
| SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | 1 | 60.4% | +33.1% |
| GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 1 | 67.0% | +36.2% |
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.2% | +8.3% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1 | 76.4% | +7.8% |
| DYER, ANDREW R | 1 | 60.0% | +39.6% |
| STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | 1 | 75.4% | +37.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 17618141 | FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 34d |
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 19101661 | Method for producing metal strips by continuous casting and rolling | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18873704 | Process monitor for open die forging | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | — |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — |
| 18681663 | CHANGING SYSTEM FOR A TUNDISH UNIT, TUNDISH UNIT FOR A CHANGING SYSTEM, ATOMIZATION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR ATOMIZING METAL MELT | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — |
| 18579340 | Method for recycling Li-ion batteries | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 19101661 | Method for producing metal strips by continuous casting and rolling | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — |
| 18837526 | Isothermal forging system | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | — |
| 18562306 | System and method for producing steel products in the form of wires and/or bars | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19128903 | GEAR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEAR AND USE OF SUCH A GEAR | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19101661 | Method for producing metal strips by continuous casting and rolling | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18873704 | Process monitor for open die forging | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18837310 | PIPE SECTION, PIPE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIPE SECTION, AND USE OF A PIPE ASSEMBLY | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18837526 | Isothermal forging system | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18684231 | ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE, METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE, AND USE OF AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE | VAN, QUANG T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18681663 | CHANGING SYSTEM FOR A TUNDISH UNIT, TUNDISH UNIT FOR A CHANGING SYSTEM, ATOMIZATION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR ATOMIZING METAL MELT | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18579340 | Method for recycling Li-ion batteries | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2024 |
| 18562306 | System and method for producing steel products in the form of wires and/or bars | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2023 |
| 18555685 | Camera module for a burner | KOSANOVIC, HELENA | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18017510 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 17618141 | FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 10, 2021 |
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