Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Valmet Automation OY is handling 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Examiner MEILLER, SEAN V is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending case. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution profile is highly focused. This concentration indicates that the company's current patent activity is centered on a specific mechanical innovation.
Success in this matter requires a targeted response to the specific concerns of this examiner. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes depend entirely on the individual discretion of MEILLER, SEAN V. This lack of examiner diversity means the prosecution strategy must be precisely tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's research and development in this area is highly specialized. Practitioners should focus on addressing the technical nuances identified by the examiner to advance the application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 74.1% | +38.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18618501 | SPRAY NOZZLE | MEILLER, SEAN V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18618501 | SPRAY NOZZLE | MEILLER, SEAN V | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialValmet Automation OY has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sean V Meiller has the most, with 1 of Valmet Automation OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
