Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Superior Industries, Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This indicates a relatively concentrated prosecution landscape for the company's current filings. The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the technology is being reviewed in different specialized groups.
The busiest examiner, AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ, is handling 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means that AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ is responsible for a portion of the company's 3 pending office actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ, as this individual manages 2 of the active matters. The 2 distinct examiners provide different perspectives within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area.
Managing 3 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires coordination to ensure consistent claim language. Practitioners can use the feedback from the 2 distinct examiners to refine their prosecution strategy. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions handled by AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ provide a specific focus area within the 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 2 | 82.1% | +9.6% |
| CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 74.8% | +20.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19190351 | CONVEYOR LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE AND CONVEYOR WITH LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18312476 | AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 26d |
| 19139754 | CONVEYOR PULLEY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18312476 | AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 2 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139754 | CONVEYOR PULLEY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19190351 | CONVEYOR LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE AND CONVEYOR WITH LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 18312476 | AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSuperior Industries, Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Muhammad Sumraiz Awais has the most, with 2 of Superior Industries, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
